AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Trump signs new executive orders narrowing birthright citizenship after Supreme Court defeat
President Trump signed two executive orders on August 6 targeting birthright citizenship and birth tourism, a narrower second attempt after the Supreme Court struck down his broader first order in June. The new orders zero in on specific categories of people the administration says should not receive automatic U.S. citizenship simply because they were born […] The post Trump signs new executive orders narrowing birthright citizenship after Supreme Court defeat appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump signed two executive orders on August 6 targeting birthright citizenship and birth tourism, a narrower second attempt after the Supreme Court struck down his broader first order in June. The new orders zero in on specific categories of people the administration says should not receive automatic U.S. citizenship simply because they were born on American soil. One order restricts birthright citizenship for children born to adults connected to foreign embassies, members of foreign terrorist organizations, individuals who lobby on behalf of foreign governments, and anyone classified as an "alien enemy" of the United States. It also targets parents who "engaged in fraudulent activity to obtain citizenship." A second order…Open