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Trump signed new executive orders on birthright citizenship and birth tourism following a Supreme Court setback. The orders aim to narrow who automatically becomes a U.S. citizen at birth.
Trump signed new executive orders targeting birthright citizenship and birth tourism after the Supreme Court blocked his earlier attempt. The orders take aim at a narrower slice of automatic citizenship eligibility at birth. This is a direct legislative workaround: when courts rejected the earlier broad assault on the 14th Amendment, the administration pivoted to executive actions it believes survive legal scrutiny.
The pattern here matters more than the specific court loss. Trump has now tried this policy twice through different mechanisms—once through direct constitutional challenge, now through the executive branch narrowing eligibility criteria. Each attempt is framed as targeting edge cases (birth tourism, children of undocumented immigrants), but the cumulative effect is chiseling away at birthright citizenship itself. This isn't a one-off policy disagreement; it's a sustained push using whatever legal tool survives judicial review.
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