President Donald Trump has signed a slew of executive orders since his inauguration on Jan. 20. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Bailey went on to defend another of Trump's controversial orders, this one pausing the flow of federal appropriations funding. Trump signed the order this week to ensure that federal agencies were in line with the new administration's policies before distributing funding.
"The president has the authority to determine the appropriation laws that are passed that appropriate funds toward items in the federal budget, but it's up to the president to then carry into effect that appropriations law," Bailey said.
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"I would ask our friends on the left, where were they when President Biden refused to build the border wall for which Congress had appropriated funds and commanded erection of new border barrier systems, period? We had to sue the Biden administration," Bailey said, noting that Missouri led the ultimately successful effort against the previous administration.
President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship is getting congressional backup from border state Republicans and others. (Getty Images)
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Trump's opponents argue that of those born on U.S. soil, the text of the law precludes only the children of foreign diplomats from becoming U.S. citizens.
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