US President Donald Trump on Monday signed executive orders declaring illegal immigration at the US-Mexico border a national emergency, designating criminal cartels as terrorist organisations and targeting automatic citizenship for US-born children of immigrants in the country illegally. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Amanda Frost, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, about the legal hurdles that the measures could face at the state and federal level.

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