U.S. President Donald Trump has signed two new executive orders aimed at restricting birthright citizenship. This aggressive move comes just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship under the Constitution, rejecting the administration’s earlier effort. Under the new directives, automatic citizenship by birth on U.S. soil will be restricted for children of undocumented immigrants and specific categories of foreign nationals.
The White House stated that the measures are intended to prevent the abuse of the American immigration system and put an end to commercialized “birth tourism”.
However, legal experts and civil rights organizations emphasize that the 14th Amendment guarantees automatic citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. Critics contend that this decree directly conflicts with constitutional protections, setting up the administration’s latest policy for immediate and fierce legal challenges in federal court.
