The move comes just as Trump’s attempt to cut off the longstanding constitutional right through an executive order drew immediate legal challenges this week.

The order by President Trump to deny citizenship to babies born to immigrants without legal authorization to be in the U.S. is now before the courts.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict birthright citizenship could have significant repercussions for Texas and other border states that have large numbers of immigrants in the country legally and illegally.

President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a move to cut off a longstanding constitutional right that could leave hundreds of thousands of Texas children without legal status. The move has been questioned by legal scholars and it has already drawn lawsuits from the American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of Democratic-led states.

Officials in Santa Clara County on Thursday said they have filed a federal lawsuit over President Trump's executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship.

A Bay Area county is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship through an executive order. On Thursday, the County of Santa Clara filed a lawsuit to Trump’s executive order,

The executive order specifically seeks to “redefine citizenship by removing birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal immigration status,”