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.

The move aims to undermine the Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold the 14th Amendment.
The orders come after the Supreme Court ruled June 30 that President Trump’s previous efforts to end birthright citizenship were unconstitutional.
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.
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…
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...
The orders deny visas to those entering the country to give birth, and Trump promised "very big crackdowns" on organized birth tourism operations.
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 is once again attempting to put restrictions on who is automatically guaranteed citizenship after being born in the U.S., just weeks after the Supreme Court struck down his attempt to end birthright citizenship.