You can view me as like a dog that’s got you on the ankle on immigration,” Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters in Tallahassee on Tuesday.

Trump issued an executive order limiting birthright citizenship to only the children of legal permanent residents or American citizens. Longstanding precedent, based on judicial rulings and the 14th Amendment, has granted U.S. citizenship to babies born on U.S. soil, with the exception of the kids of diplomats.

A wide-ranging series of executive orders that President Donald Trump has promised to beef up security at the southern border Monday began taking effect soon after he was inaugurated Monday, making good on his defining political promise to crack down on immigration.