The Trump administration is once again trying to limit who can become an American, with a pair of executive orders issued this week that attempt to place restrictions on birthright citizenship and on foreigners who give birth in the U.S. A Supreme Court decision in June struck down a previous attempt at restricting birthright citizenship,
Trump signed two executive orders, a written order issued by a president to the federal government which does not require congressional approval, on Thursday. One expands the existing definitions of non-citizens whose children are not eligible for birthright citizenship. It prevents the automatic citizenship of babies born in the US to two non-citizen parents if
The Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan research group, has said that the most expansive census-based estimate accounts for about 22,000 to 26,000 babies born in the US from birth tourism every year. Government data, according to the institute, showed that there were 9,600 births to mothers with foreign addresses in 2024. “The idea (is) that
Superior court rules allow the losing party to formally file a request for rehearing within 25 days. A majority of the nine-member court would have to approve granting a rehearing. The June 30 ruling to uphold birthright citizenship marked a setback for the president’s immigration agenda, although it was welcomed by civil rights groups. In
