Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has threatened to sue if President-elect Trump moves to remove birthright citizenship from the constitution as the deportation movement intensifies.
“I would be the first to file a lawsuit,” Tong, a Democrat, told MSNBC. Articles published on Sunday.
President Trump promises to carry out the largest deportation drive in the country's history during his second term, with the help of “border czar” Tom Homan and Homeland Security Secretary nominee Kristi Noem. did.
Mr. Tong, 51, is the son of two immigrants from Taiwan and China, which has in part fueled his political ambitions.
“I grew up working side by side with my parents in my family's Chinese restaurant, and in one generation I went from that Chinese restaurant kitchen to becoming the attorney general of the state of Connecticut,” he said earlier in the interview. .
“It only happens in one place in this world, and that's America.”
Tong is determined to maintain a path to citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants in the country, despite Republican efforts to strengthen border security laws and penalties.
Some argue that President Trump's promise to abolish birthright citizenship cannot be fulfilled by executive order alone and would require a constitutional amendment.
Some argue that the document does not apply to illegal immigrants. The former president is poised to take up the issue as one of his first executive orders in office.
