The courts will likely strike down Donald Trump's birthright order, a legal analyst has told Newsweek. Newsweek sought email comment from the White House on Wednesday. Trump's executive order against birthright citizenship faces several legal battles in the courts.

One of the many executive orders President Donald Trump signed on Monday included one to end birthright citizenship. Here's what to know about it and why lawsuits have already been filed.

The president issued several actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.

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.

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.

The executive order restricts automatic citizenship for babies born to parents who aren't citizens or lawful, permanent residents.

"We think we have really good grounds," the president said of the order, which has already been challenged in federal court.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is joining 21 other state attorneys general in suing to block an executive order from President Donald Trump that would end birthright citizenship in the United States

"Birthright citizenship in our country is a guarantee of equality, born out of a collective fight against oppression," Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell said in a statement.