Put simply, under Trump’s order, the children of most undocumented immigrants wouldn’t be US citizens, nor would the children of people in the country on student, work, or tourist visas. This is more than a reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment — it’s an attempt to do away with the jus soli principle that undergirds US citizenship.

President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a move to cut off a longstanding constitutional right that could leave hundreds of thousands of Texas children without legal status.