Pritzker rejects Trump’s citizenship order: ‘We will not follow an unconstitutional order’

Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker has struck down President Trump’s law ending the birthright of children of illegal immigrants.

“That is unconstitutional. We will not follow an unconstitutional order,” Pritzker told reporters Monday while speaking at an unrelated event, Politico reported.

Trump’s executive order, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” asserts that the 14th amendment to the Constitution does not automatically grant American citizenship to people born in the United States.

The amendment states: “All persons born or born in the United States, and subject to its jurisdiction, are citizens of the United States and of the State in which they reside.”

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Some legal experts say such a move is a constitutional amendment and cannot be made by executive order. The move is likely to face a court challenge from human rights groups and immigration activists.

Trump advisers and some conservative legal scholars have previously argued that the idea of ​​giving birthright citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants is based on a misreading of the amendment.

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President Donald Trump raises executive orders after signing them at the presidential inauguration ceremony in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The Democratic governor also took several swipes at Trump as the 47th president launched a series of executive actions aimed at fulfilling campaign promises to end illegal immigration, end federal DEI programs and more. Pritzker, who is known for harboring the president’s wishes, said the rapid fire executive action from Trump was not communicated to state governors in advance.

“They haven’t contacted us yet. I’m learning the same thing as you,” he said. “This is an indication of what you’re going to see with the Trump administration in the next four years. It’s a mess.”

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US President Donald Trump sings the second executive order during the first show inside the Capital One Arena on the opening day of his second term as president, in Washington, US January 20, 2025. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

He also echoed the concerns former President Biden expressed in his farewell speech to a group of ultra-rich businessmen who met with Trump. Silicon Valley stars Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos were prominent guests at Trump’s inauguration.

“He has the oligarchs sitting in front of his inauguration. It shows who he cares about. It’s the richest people in America who are pulling cattle for him and not the average American. He doesn’t care about the average American,” said Pritzker. , himself a billionaire member of the wealthy Pritzker family, which owns the Hyatt hotel chain.

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Pritzker said his biggest problem with the new administration is “the intent to attack human rights. That’s something we’re going to have to put up with or deal with every day of this administration.”