Mr. Trump is planning to attempt to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, according to the incoming officials. The U.S. government has long interpreted the U.S. Constitution to mean that those born on American soil are citizens at birth, regardless of their parents' immigration status.

President Donald Trump and his aides vowed to begin his term by taking a series of sweeping immigration executive actions Monday that include declaring a national emergency at the US southern border,