The city of San Diego has added its voice to those that support litigation challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
The City Attorney’s Office, in a Friday statement, said that the city has joined a coalition of other local governments nationwide to file an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs who oppose the president.
The city argues in its brief that the executive order violates the Fourteenth Amendment. Removing that right – and thus many residents’ eligibility to receive services supported by federal programs – will unduly burden local governments like San Diego’s, officials asserted in the brief.
“Stripping individuals of their constitutional right to citizenship not only defies our nation’s founding principles, but it also threatens the health, stability, and economic wellbeing of our communities,” City Attorney Heather Ferbert said. “We are proud to join this legal fight to defend the Constitution and protect the rights of all people born in the United States.”
A number of amicus – meaning “friend of the court” – briefs have been filed opposing Trump’s birthright citizenship order. The parties includes cities, universities, civil rights organizations and even 208 members of Congress.
Republican state attorneys general also have filed amicus briefs, but in favor of Trump’s order.
The order, issued Jan. 20, has been challenged in a series of lawsuits brought by nearly two dozen state attorneys general, including California’s, and immigration advocates. Three separate injunctions have been issued to block it.
All three have been appealed. The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in next, with oral arguments scheduled to be heard next month.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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