Trump again tries to limit US birthright citizenship with new executive orders
President Trump has signed new executive orders aimed at restricting birthright citizenship, specifically targeting 'birth tourism' and children of non-citizens in certain categories. This move follows a previous attempt that was blocked by the Supreme Court.
Why it matters
These orders represent a significant challenge to long-standing interpretations of the 14th Amendment and US immigration policy.
Figure caption, Watch: Trump signs executive orders targeting birthright citizenship
Donald Trump is trying again to scale back birthright citizenship in the US, weeks after the Supreme Court shot down his previous attempt to eliminate the right.
The president signed two executive orders on Thursday, including one that expands the existing definitions of non-citizens whose children are not eligible for birthright citizenship.
The second order bans so-called birth tourism, the practice of pregnant mothers coming to the US to give birth so that their babies will be citizens.
"This should have happened years ago, but we're taking care of it now," Trump said from the Oval Office, criticising the Supreme Court's rejection of his previous bid to end the 150-year-old policy.
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