Trump Signs New Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship and ‘Birth Tourism’

US President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders targeting birthright citizenship and what his administration calls “birth tourism”. The actions follow a Supreme Court ruling in June that blocked his earlier attempt to end automatic citizenship for some children born in the United States. One order expands the categories of non-citizen parents whose US-born children may be denied automatic citizenship. It covers cases involving alleged terrorist links, foreign government employment, suspected immigration fraud, and certain residents of US territories. The second order seeks to restrict visits by pregnant women believed to be travelling to the US primarily to give birth. The policy is likely to face fresh legal challenges because birthright citizenship is protected under the 14th Amendment.

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