"The language in the 14th Amendment is clear and unambiguous. If you are born in this country, you are a citizen of this country," Raoul said of Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship.

In Illinois in 2022, approximately 9,000 U.S. citizen children were born to mothers who lack legal status, and just over 5,000 U.S. citizen children were born to two parents who lacked legal status.

"The language in the 14th Amendment is clear and unambiguous. If you are born in this country, you are a citizen of this country," Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said of President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship.

Illinois joined a list of states filing a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s new executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit, along with three other states, challenging the executive order ending birthright citizenship signed by President Donald Trump on Monday.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's lawsuit claims President Donald Trump's executive order is unconstitutional.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Tuesday joined several other states in lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship. The attorney general joined the WGN Evening News to discuss the action.

The Attorney General of Illinois is among those filing lawsuits against President Donald Trump in response to the executive order on birthright citizenship he signed Monday. Kwame Raoul joined his counterparts in Washington state,