There's also U.S. supreme Court precedent that goes back more than 100 years directly on this issue. And on top of that, There's federal law that makes clear that kids who are born in this country are U.S. citizens. And so this is clearly an unconstitutional action. The court in Washington State, the federal court there today said that this action was blatantly unconstitutional. (01:34–01:39)
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