Democratic-led states and civil rights groups, on Tuesday filed three lawsuits challenging US President Donald Trump’s ambition to end birthright citizenship, in the first move by his opponents to stymie his agenda in court.

Following his inauguration on Monday, Republican President Donald Trump directed federal agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States if neither their mother nor father are US citizens or legal permanent residents.

Twenty-two Democratic-led states, together with the District of Columbia and the city of San Francisco, filed two cases in federal courts in Boston and Seattle, alleging that Trump violated the United States Constitution.

Two similar cases were filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, immigrant organizations, and an expectant mother in the hours after Trump signed the executive order, kicking off the first major court fight of his administration.

The lawsuits take aim at a central piece of Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown.

If allowed to stand, Trump’s order would, for the first time, deny more than 150,000 children born annually in the United States the right to citizenship, said the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell.

“President Trump does not have the authority to take away constitutional rights,” she said in a statement.

Losing out on citizenship would prevent those individuals from having access to federal programs like Medicaid health insurance and, when they become older, from working lawfully or voting, the states say.

“Today’s immediate lawsuit sends a clear message to the Trump administration that we will stand up for our residents and their basic constitutional rights,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a statement.

The Chicago Police Department has said it will not assist with looming deportations by United States Immigration as ordered by President Donald Trump.

The statement comes on Monday, a day after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson doubled down on his vow to oppose Trump’s sweeping reform.

It was reported that Trump had vowed to impose sweeping border security policies across the country.

Trump, who made his return to the White House on Monday, had also issued an executive order in that regard.

But despite Trump’s order to send illegal immigrants back to their countries, Chicago officials took a vow of their own to not comply.

Chicago police said the department does not document immigration status, nor does it share the immigration status of individuals with federal authorities.

“To be clear, the Chicago Police Department will not assist or intervene in civil immigration enforcement in accordance with the City of Chicago Municipal Code,” the police department’s statement read.

“As always, we will continue to enforce the law if a crime occurs, regardless of the citizenship status of those involved.”

The senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly, Ned Nwoko, has dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Sunday Sun gathered late Saturday night that Nwoko has, however, not made an official announcement of his defection.

Nwoko, a vocal critic of the current governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, has been making moves to leave the party for a while now following his frosty relationship with PDP leaders in the state.

Sunday Sun also gathered that another reason for leaving the party is because the immediate past governor of his state, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, is plotting to return to the Red Chamber in 2027 under the same platform of the PDP.

When contacted for a response, the lawmaker neither conformed not denied it, but said his leaving the PDP is “not now.”