This story was updated on Jan. 21 at 6:08 p.m. to reflect that the ACLU’s lawsuit was filed on Monday, not Tuesday. Hours after President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday barring birthright citizenship to children of undocumented residents,

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire and several immigrant rights organizations have filed a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his administration over his executive order to attempt to change birthright citizenship.

Until the order, which Trump signed the same day he was inaugurated as the 47th president, the U.S. government has, at least the late 1800s, considered the child of any immigrant born on U.S. soil an automatic citizen, even to a mother in the United States illegally.

The bills come as the incoming Trump administration promises to carry out the largest deportation effort in U.S. history starting this month.

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Eighteen states, plus the District of Columbia and San Francisco sued in federal court to block Trump's order.

There are an estimated 10,000 unauthorized immigrants in New Hampshire and about 86 percent are of working age

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