NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Justice is challenging President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship. The president issued the order on Monday as part of his plan to crack down on illegal immigration into the United States. New Mexico man admits to setting California church and preschool on fire New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said that is unconstitutional. He has joined 17 other states and Washington D.C. In a lawsuit asking a judge to invalidate the order. In a statement, Torrez said: President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship is a direct attack on the Constitution and the fundamental rights it guarantees to every child born on American soil. The Fourteenth Amendment is clear: citizenship is not a privilege to be granted or revoked by political whim—it is a right enshrined in the very fabric of our nation. We will not stand by as this administration attempts to dismantle the principles of equality and justice that define who we are as Americans. New Mexico, alongside our partner states, is taking decisive action to defend the Constitution and protect the rights of all our children. Attorney General Raúl Torrez