Local immigration attorney reacts to President Trump’s immigration orders

SALT LAKE CITY – Following a series of executive orders President Donald Trump promised on his first day in office, a local immigration expert has been fielding calls from clients worried about their future.

Local immigration attorney Carlos Trujillo said his clients are anxious about Trump’s orders, which include promises to end birthright citizenship.

Trujillo is reassuring clients that the orders will be tied up in the legal system and are not an immediate concern.

“It’s very important for everybody to understand that this is not going to be a stroke of a pen. Like I said, it’s not going to be something that anybody needs to be worried [about] right away,” Trujillo said.

He called the move to end birthright citizenship an attack on the Constitution. The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to anyone born in the U.S., regardless of their parent’s immigration status.

Trujillo also said that ending birthright citizenship was a Pandora’s Box. 

“You’re trying to send them to another country where they might not even have citizenship or a right to enter that country.”

National emergency declaration

Trump also said he would declare a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Trujillo called the ripple effect the order could cause “inhumane.”

“…Those people, they are deserving of the protection that is offered in this country under the laws of this country.”

Trujillo said he’s reminding his clients that these actions must go through the legal process. For now, time is on their side.

“There is a Constitution, there is a process, there is a rule of law. There’s checks and balances in each branch of the government. And, rulemaking is a task reserved [for] Congress.”