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Trump signs fresh orders targeting birthright citizenship and birth tourism
Trump signs fresh orders targeting birthright citizenship and birth tourism
US President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders targeting birth tourism and narrowing access to birthright citizenship, weeks after the Supreme Court struck down his earlier directive. One order seeks to…
The Story in Brief
US President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders targeting birth tourism and narrowing access to birthright citizenship, weeks after the Supreme Court struck down his earlier directive. One order seeks to deny entry for people travelling to the US to give birth, while the other lists children of foreign government employees, terrorist group members and some people acting for foreign governments as potentially ineligible for citizenship documents.
The Fourteenth Amendment generally grants citizenship to people born in the US. Immigration lawyer Cyrus Mehta called the new measures unconstitutional, while the American Civil Liberties Union said they would face the same fate as Trump’s earlier order. Migration Policy Institute estimates put birth tourism at 22,000 to 26,000 births annually, against 9,600 births recorded in 2024 to mothers with foreign addresses.
The Indian Opinion
The loudest narratives are that birth tourism is either a national takeover or too trivial to discuss. Both claims stretch the evidence. The available figures suggest a limited practice, but they do not settle whether an executive order can rewrite a constitutional guarantee. The real test is in court: will judges block these orders, and will the government produce evidence that the targeted categories fit the Fourteenth Amendment’s narrow exceptions?
Sources (3): nationalheraldindia.com, thefederal.com, news.abplive.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
