Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is in Boston Friday asking a federal court to overturn President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally.

Tong joins more than a dozen other state attorneys general in the request.

Two judges have already paused the order saying it violates the 14th Amendment.

Tong says birthright citizenship is personal for immigrants like his father.

"He and my mom met in the Hartford area. They weren't looking for a place to have a baby -- have an anchor baby, as they call us." said Tong. "They and my grandparents were running for their lives."