Legal experts said the president’s executive order would upend precedent and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster

A president cannot amend the Constitution by himself, and a Trump order to end birthright citizenship would doubtless face lawsuits. During his first term, he promised to end birthright citizenship but took little action to do so.

President Donald Trump signed over 3o executive orders on his first day as president of the United States, at least five of them were focused on immigration. One of the executive orders declared a national emergency at the southern border.