Several states in the Northeast are fighting to block an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that would end birthright citizenship. A coalition of 18 states – including New York, New Jersey,

The SS United States was poised to set sail at the end of last year on her final voyage from Philadelphia to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to become an artificial reef. But Coast Guard concerns have complicated the trip south.

New York, often called the Empire State, is one of fourth-most populated in the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 19.9 million people live in the state.

Attorneys general from 18 states, including New York, sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.

New York’s status as a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants has shifted over time. Now, as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to enter office, it may shift once again.

President Trump said of the Panama Canal, “We’re taking it back.” The letter from Panama cited articles of the U.N. charter that prohibit member states from using threats and force.

The coalition filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts that seeks to stop what they call an unlawful action by the president.

Legal experts said the president’s executive order would upend precedent and is unlikely to pass constitutional muster.

President Donald Trump has promised a wave of deportations, which has caused fear and anxiety in New York City.

On his first day in office as president, Donald Trump issued an executive action pardoning the actions of the January 6th rioters — more than 60 New Yorkers

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles is asking the public to act quickly before REAL ID enforcement arrives.

The lawsuit to block the president’s executive order is the first salvo in what is likely to be a long-running legal fight over immigration policy.