Ending birthright citizenship would overturn century of precedent [Video]

President Donald Trump has said since his first administration that he wants to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right for everyone born in the United States.Related video above: Can birthright citizenship be repealed? Breaking down Trump’s proposalThis week he issued an executive order that would eliminate it, upending more than a century of precedent. On Thursday, however, a federal judge temporarily blocked it after 22 states quickly mounted a legal challenge.Over the years, the right to citizenship has been won by various oppressed or marginalized groups after hard-fought legal battles. Here’s a look at how birthright citizenship has applied to some of those cases and how the Justice Department is using them today to defend Trump’s order.Citizenship for Native AmericansNative Americans were given U.S. citizenship in 1924. The Justice Department has cited their status as a legal analogy to justify Trump’s executive order in court.Arguing that “birth in the United …