Trump Targets Birthright Citizenship
Trump's executive orders revive his push to limit birthright citizenship and birth tourism.
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President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Aug. 6 seeking to limit birthright citizenship, including one targeting so-called birth tourism and another narrowing which U.S.-born children of foreign parents qualify for citizenship. The move follows a June Supreme Court decision rejecting his broader executive action on birthright citizenship. The new orders use narrower categories of noncitizens and foreign parents, but civil rights groups and constitutional scholars say they are likely to face immediate court challenges under the 14th Amendment.
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Court DefianceLeans Left
Trump is refusing to accept the Supreme Court’s limits on his birthright-citizenship agenda. His new executive-order strategy is an effort to evade, undermine, or misrepresent a legal defeat while pursuing the same restrictionist goal.
Legally BaselessLeans Left
The birthright-citizenship orders are on shaky constitutional ground and are likely to fail. The legal theories behind them are weak, strained, or openly contrary to the 14th Amendment’s protection of citizenship.
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