Trump’s new attack on birthright citizenship faces uphill legal battle
The Republican president has for years threatened to tighten birthright citizenship as part of his restrictive immigration agenda.
In an attempt to further restrict U.S. birthright citizenship, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday, focusing on a practice known as birth tourism. These orders are expected to encounter significant legal challenges, as experts believe they target a category of individuals that the Supreme Court has already addressed.
In June, the high court ruled in favor of broad citizenship rights for babies born in the United States, a decision that one of its most conservative justices, Samuel Alito, found so sweeping that it would even cover women who travel to the U.S. solely to give birth. Alito dissented from the 6-3 ruling that invalidated President Trump's initial attempt to curb U.S. birthright citizenship.
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