California attorney general reacts to one of President Trump’s executive orders

SAN FRANCISCO (KYMA, KECY/NBC) - California Attorney General Rob Bonta held a press conference Tuesday morning.

According to NBC News, the press conference was to announce a lawsuit against the Trump administration after President Donald Trump signed one of the 10 executive orders that ends birthright citizenship.

"The lawsuit challenge of President Trump's unconstitutional executive order is on file, and it has multiple grounds. It states that the executive order violates the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, violates our US Constitution. It also violates the Immigration and Nationality Act, and flouts more than 125 years a century and a quarter of long standing, well established precedent set by the US Supreme Court. The President has overstepped his authority by a mile, and we will hold him accountable."

Rob Bonta, Attorney General, California

The other executive orders signed by President Trump on Monday was in regards to ending the catch and release policy for migrants, reinstating the Remain in Mexico Plan, designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and for the border wall construction to continue.

In addition, Trump signed an executive order to declare a national emergency at the border.

Bonta said the executive order could do lasting damage to children if it is allowed to stand.

"It would strip Americans of their most basic rights and the privileges they're owed as citizens, children would be forced to live under the threat of deportation, the fear anxiety and trauma of that alone is enormously detrimental to their mental and emotional well being," Bonta expressed.

The president's executive order doesn't go into effect for about a month, giving the courts time to block its implementation.

To watch the livestream of the press conference, see attached video.