U.S. President Donald Trump has signed two executive actions on immigration, aiming to limit birthright citizenship and curb "birth tourism." This marks his second attempt to restrict automatic citizenship for those born in the U.S., after his first effort was rejected by the Supreme Court. The president expressed confidence that his latest actions are constitutional, as reported by infohub.kz.
Trump said one order will limit the number of people eligible for U.S. citizenship after being born in the United States. The second order seeks to increase restrictions on visitors to the U.S. who want to obtain visas to give birth while in the country, a practice he called "birth tourism." Additional details were not provided, but Trump stated he believes the actions are constitutional.
These actions follow an executive order signed on his first day in office of his second term, which aimed to end birthright citizenship. That order was immediately challenged in court, with opponents arguing it violated the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, which grants citizenship to anyone born in the country, with very limited exceptions.
The previous order was blocked by several lower courts and never took effect. In June, the Supreme Court struck it down by a 6-3 vote. However, the decision was too close for many immigration advocates and legal observers who felt the legal question of birthright citizenship was a long-settled issue.