The “Protecting The Meaning and Value of American Citizenship” —better known as the birthright citizenship executive order—attempts to cancel the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Getting rid of constitutional amendments via executive order is new, and, for me at least, “the worst.”

Washington — President Trump invoked muscular presidential powers to begin a sweeping crackdown on immigration following his inauguration on Monday, tasking the military with border enforcement, moving to designate cartels and gangs as terrorist groups, shutting down asylum and refugee admissions and attempting to terminate birthright citizenship.

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.