DES MOINES, Iowa — On his first day in office, President Donald Trump followed through on several of his campaign promises, signing a slew of executive orders aimed at controlling the U.S. and Mexico border and ending birthright citizenship.

Now, those executive orders are being met with pushback, as the ACLU, LULAC, and many other civil rights organizations have banded together to file a lawsuit against the Trump Administration.

According to the American Immigration Council, more than 200,000 immigrants live in Iowa. Joe Henry, the state political director for the League of United Latin American Citizens, says the impacts these executive orders could have are far-reaching.

“We have heard from many local law enforcement agencies across the state that they do not have the operations to take this on, they do not want to do any of this stuff, and they do not want to be deputized to do the work of the federal government,” said Henry when asked about possible mass deportations.

Henry also spoke about the economic impacts immigrants have, as they help boost the state’s economy and work in key Iowa industries like agriculture and meat packing.

“It is going to cause havoc on local businesses. Employers are going to be wondering where their workers are … look at meatpacking, agriculture, the service sector, and healthcare,” said Henry.

Another concern surrounds Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. This leaves the Supreme Court to either uphold the 14th Amendment or amend the United States Constitution.

“They will not know based upon this executive action if their children will even gain citizenship after the birth of that child,” Henry said.

Henry also said this executive order has vague language that leaves many questions unanswered, stating that Trump’s youngest son, Barron, is from a mixed family. His mother, Melania Trump, is an immigrant herself born in Slovenia and later became a U.S. Citizen in 2006, the same year Barron was born.

Henry used the now Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, as another example. Rubio’s parents were immigrants from Cuba and were not U.S. citizens when Rubio was born in Florida. Making him a birthright citizen.

Henry said he doesn’t believe that the executive order of birthright citizenship will survive the courts, but says “problems are going to be created, and it’s going to have an impact on all Iowans.”

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