The lawsuit, joined by the attorneys general of 17 other states and San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, argues that the order violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Section 1401 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
The order, signed hours after Mr. Trump was inaugurated, seeks to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally or on temporary visas.
The U.S. government has long interpreted the Constitution to mean that those born on American soil are citizens at birth, regardless of their parent's immigration status.
In a statement released after Trump signed the order, Bonta noted California's role in setting the precedent, citing a case brought on by Wong Kim Ark, a Chinese-American man born in San Francisco who had been denied entry back into the U.S. under the Chinese Exclusion Act.
"This is California's history. And we are ready to fight for it," Bonta said Monday.
The lawsuit is expected to be one of many legal fights between the new administration and California. A persistent foe of Trump's policies, the state filed dozens of lawsuits during his first term as president.
Along with Bonta and Chiu, attorneys general in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin, have joined the lawsuit.
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