Trump signs orders to limit US birthright citizenship, despite Supreme Court ruling
Aug 6 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday in a new but narrower attempt to curtail birthright citizenship, once again challenging a provision of the US Constitution even though the Supreme Court rejected his previous effort.
US President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders aimed at limiting birthright citizenship. The orders come despite a Supreme Court ruling in June that rejected a previous attempt by Trump to end the policy. According to the BBC News, one of the orders expands the definitions of non-citizens whose children are not eligible for birthright citizenship, specifically targeting parents who are members of foreign terrorist groups, foreign government employees, or have attempted to gain citizenship through fraudulent means.
The second order targets "birth tourism," a practice where pregnant women travel to the US to give birth so that their babies will be citizens, as reported by Channel News Asia and BBC News. Trump's administration has described this as an attempt to prevent "malign foreign actors" from taking advantage of US citizenship policies.
The Supreme Court had previously ruled that Trump's first executive order on citizenship was unconstitutional, as reported by DW News and CBS News. The new orders appear to be a narrower attempt to curtail birthright citizenship, a policy that has been in place for around 150 years.
Brief written by urgent.news from Daily Maverick, BBC News, CBS News, Channel News Asia, DW News — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — it may contain errors, so check the original before relying on it.
