Trump Signs Two Executive Orders Restricting Birthright Citizenship, Including Birth Tourism

[Financial News]  After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a previous executive order aimed at abolishing birthright citizenship, President Donald Trump signed two new executive orders that seek to bypass the ruling and restrict citizenship for some children born in the United States.
CBS News reported on the 6th (local time) that during a signing ceremony held that day in the Oval Office of The White House in Washington, D.C., Trump said, "The Supreme Court issued a very disappointing ruling on birthright citizenship," and added, "We are responding by making the necessary adjustments."
The executive orders signed that day focus on cracking down on birth tourism, in which visitors enter the country for tourism, secure U.S. citizenship for their children, and then return home. They also exclude from birthright citizenship children of foreigners who lobby on behalf of foreign governments.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller criticized the practice, saying, "People enter the country claiming they are visiting Disneyland or a national park, but their real purpose is to automatically give their children U.S. citizenship," and added, "This absurd system has infringed on Americans' rights and welfare benefits."
Trump and his allies argue that the 14th Amendment was enacted only to protect the children of enslaved people after the Civil War. Trump issued an executive order to abolish birthright citizenship on his first day in office in 2025, but the U.S. Supreme Court later ruled 6-3 that the order violated the 14th Amendment.
When reporters asked whether the new executive orders would withstand constitutional scrutiny, Trump replied, "I think they will pass."
However, legal battles appear unavoidable, as Chief Justice John Roberts had already rebuked the government's argument about the "harm of birth tourism" during oral arguments, saying, "The world may have changed, but the Constitution has not."

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