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(144,734 posts) Sun Dec 29, 2024, 11:34 AM Dec 29

'The first to sue': Opposing Trump's desire to end birthright citizenship is personal for this attorney general [View all]

Source: NBC News

Dec. 29, 2024, 6:00 AM EST

WASHINGTON — For Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to end birthright citizenship is more than just a provocative anti-immigrant policy likely to be blocked by courts. It’s personal. Tong, 51, a Democrat who has served as the state’s top legal official since 2019, is the son of immigrants who came to the United States from China and Taiwan.

He is the first member of his family to have been born on U.S. soil and is the first Asian American to be elected to statewide office in Connecticut. “I grew up working side by side with my parents in our family’s Chinese restaurant, and in one generation I’ve gone from that Chinese restaurant kitchen to be the attorney general of the state of Connecticut,” he said in an interview. “That only happens one place in this world, and that’s in America.”

On the campaign trail, Trump promised to take action to end birthright citizenship on day one of his second term in office, a move that would immediately prompt legal challenges. “I would be the first to sue,” Tong promised.

He is one of 23 Democratic state attorneys general who are likely to be regular opponents of Trump on various issues, ranging from immigration and LGBTQ rights to environmental policy and abortion, just as many were in the first Trump administration.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/-first-sue-opposing-trumps-desire-end-birthright-citizenship-personal-rcna184891

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'The first to sue': Opposing Trump's desire to end birthright citizenship is personal for this attorney general [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 29 OP

"Opposing Trump's desire to end birthright citizenship" J_William_Ryan Dec 29 #1

The courts won't stop the worst of it. rubbersole Dec 29 #6

I'll be SO glad... GiqueCee Dec 29 #2

Don't let him do that to you. wnylib Dec 29 #14

Yes, hate is like taking poison and expecting someone else to die. Magoo48 Dec 29 #20

Okay... GiqueCee Dec 29 #27

I plan on resisting as strongly as one old man can. Magoo48 Monday #30

Of course we take a stand against tyranny wnylib Tuesday #37

Consider this... GiqueCee Tuesday #40

Or, just as easy to say is, "I hate what Trump is doing." wnylib Tuesday #42

I do hate him, BUT, it appears mostly here on DU reading his actions. Much of the time I'm otherwise thinking of my... electric_blue68 Monday #33

Yep. Hard not to hate the guy, but it sounds like wnylib Tuesday #34

Aw, TY. It definitely helps to increase fun, joy, cool info, and creativity a lot of the time.... electric_blue68 Tuesday #35

I, too... GiqueCee Tuesday #41

I totally agree that Project 2025 IS a plan for incredible cruelty, sickness, death, and destruction for many groups... electric_blue68 Tuesday #43

My mom visited me JustAnotherGen Dec 29 #16

Condolences, but I love her quip! electric_blue68 Tuesday #36

Lady Di JustAnotherGen Tuesday #38

😄👍 electric_blue68 Tuesday #39

It's not just lawsuits: We need to be prepared to shut things down. Ports, schools, airports... Get ready, people.. jvill Dec 29 #3

Yes! Time for Americans to slightlv Dec 29 #4

Agree. Let Ukraine, South Korea, France, the women of the Middle East, wnylib Dec 29 #17

Your opinion please. LT Barclay Dec 29 #18

I'm of a belief a movement does need to have a leader slightlv Dec 29 #26

So where are we going to get one? There are many possibilities, but I think it would be better if they were outside of LT Barclay Dec 29 #28

Now you've really identified the problem! slightlv Monday #32

YES! Absolutely. wnylib Dec 29 #15

If it goes thru Old Crank Dec 29 #5

All of his children have one parent who is a citizen. Ms. Toad Dec 29 #12

I know but some one suggested using Old Crank Dec 29 #21

Not relevant Cirsium Dec 29 #23

I haven't heard of that proposal from the MAGA crowd. n/t Ms. Toad Dec 29 #24

Birthright citizenship Cirsium Dec 29 #22

That's the point I was making. Ms. Toad Dec 29 #25

I can't wait until he finds out boonecreek Dec 29 #7

Would my child be under this, considering my wife is here on a green card? AZLD4Candidate Dec 29 #8

Don't forget leftieNanner Dec 29 #11

No. Ms. Toad Dec 29 #13

K&R Solly Mack Dec 29 #9

Connecticut will be a bulwark mountain grammy Dec 29 #10

That impacts a hell of a lot more people than MAGA might think IronLionZion Dec 29 #19

I have a problem with certain birth right things I've read about. OverBurn Dec 29 #29

I'd like to see drmeow Monday #31