Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship, 'Birth Tourism'
The move aims to undermine the Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold the 14th Amendment.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is once more trying to limit the number of people who are born in the country who can become American citizens, in a sign that even after his first attempt at limiting birthright citizenship was rejected by the Supreme Court, he's ready to try again.
The move aims to undermine the Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold the 14th Amendment.
After his defeat at the Supreme Court, President Trump unveiled executive orders with narrower restrictions on birthright citizenship. The move is expected to face legal challenges. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports.
Orders come after supreme court rejected president’s first bid to restrict guarantee enshrined in US constitutionDonald Trump has made a second attempt to restrict the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, just weeks after the US supreme court rejected his initial, more sweeping bid to deny automatic citizenship to the children born to undocumented immigrants and temporary foreign residents.Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders that seek to broaden the categories of children ineligible for automatic US citizenship and ban so-called “birth tourism”. The directives are expected to face legal challenges. Continue reading...
President Trump signed two new executive orders Thursday tied to his push to end birthright citizenship. The action comes after the Supreme Court shut the door on previous restrictions on the 14th Amendment right. Trump issued sweeping immigration orders on his first day in office, including requiring that any baby born on U.S. soil have…
The Supreme Court in June struck down President Trump's earlier executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship.
The executive orders ban birth tourism and expand the existing definition of people whose children are not eligible for US birthright citizenship.
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday trying to restrict birthright citizenship and so-called “birth tourism.” “We had a very unfortunate decision in the Supreme Court concerning birthright,” Trump told reporters on Thursday at the White House. “So we’re making adjustments because it’s very unfair.” Trump criticized people who are “building businesses” around […]
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, after the Supreme Court in June struck down his previous order restricting the policy. “We had a very unfortunate decision in the Supreme Court concerning birthright [citizenship] … so we’re making adjustments,” Trump said in the Oval Office. Birthright citizenship is...