Eighteen states and the ACLU filed lawsuits seeking to prevent President Trump from denying citizenship to children born in the U.S. to non-citizens.

Trump floated the idea of doing away with birthright citizenship in 2018. At the time, his critics pointed out that the move would require a constitutional amendment since birthright citizenship is enshrined under the 14th Amendment.

The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday night filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's controversial executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship.

After the Civil War, the Constitution was amended to consider every baby born in the US an American. Soon that may change.

"While we know this president will issue orders with real, dire consequences on people here and abroad, many of his declarations do not and cannot change the law but instead are designed to engender chaos and confusion,

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is preparing the lawsuit in anticipation of Trump moving to end the practice enshrined in the Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment, which states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.”

Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director of ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss President Trump’s executive orders on immigration, expressing deep concern over their implications for the country.

Immigrants seeking legal status in the United States said they were detained by ICE agents following their interviews, according to the ACLU of Massachusetts.

By Sydney Isenberg Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KMGH) -- The ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit against an Aurora

The anti-American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has sued President Donald Trump over his deportation plans. The suit was filed Wednesday, a day after the Trump Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a new rule authorizing expedited removals for illegal aliens who are unable to prove that they’ve been in the country for at least two full years.

Attorney Sarah Corning with the ACLU of Texas explains the expedited removal process and what it means for anyone who could be facing deportation.

New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support and two other organizations are challenging an executive order signed late Monday that would end birthright citizenship for the children of some immigrants.