'Says what it means': How Conn. AG wants to stop Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : On Monday, Trump signed an executive order to halt the automatic granting of citizenship to children born in the United States, fulfilling a campaign promise.
45% : It directs federal agencies like the Department of State and Social Security Administration to stop recognizing those individuals as US citizens and halt issuing documents like passports or social security numbers to those children.
43% : It also alleges that the order will "significantly and directly" harm the states themselves by causing them to lose federal funding for programs like Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, as well as imposing "dramatic costs" to prepare for the change.
21% : This policy is part of a slew of executive orders Trump signed Monday to combat what he calls a "national border emergency.

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