President Donald Trump has signed new executive orders seeking to restrict birthright citizenship, renewing an effort that recently faced a setback at the Supreme Court. The orders represent another attempt by the administration to change how citizenship is granted to people born in the United States.
Birthright citizenship generally refers to the practice of recognizing citizenship for individuals born on U.S. soil, regardless of their parents’ immigration status. The issue has been the subject of longstanding legal and political debate, including arguments about whether executive action can alter its application.
The new orders also address what the administration describes as “birth tourism,” in which foreign nationals travel to the United States to give birth. Their implementation is expected to remain contested, following the Supreme Court’s ruling and broader disputes over the constitutional and legal limits of presidential authority on citizenship.
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