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Trump approves two decrees to partially limit birth citizenship again despite Supreme decision

El presidente restringe el derecho de nacionalidad estadounidense para bebés nacidos en Estados Unidos de padres extranjeros

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Trump approves two decrees to partially limit birth citizenship again despite Supreme decision

US President Donald Trump is once again taking up one of his most controversial ideas: he wants to limit the right of citizenship by birth that has been enshrined in the country's Constitution for almost 150 years. The Republican president has signed two executive orders to deny citizenship in certain circumstances to children born in the US to foreign parents, according to Axios.

The White House wants to put an end to so-called "birth or maternity tourism" despite there being no official statistics on the phenomenon and most civil organizations agreeing that it is a minority occurrence.

Translated by urgent.news from El Pais's report; automated translation may contain errors. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.

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