Trump signs new orders targeting birthright citizenship and ‘birth tourism’

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Former US President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aiming to restrict birthright citizenship and crack down on birth tourism, following a recent Supreme Court ruling rejecting his prior policy. The new measures target automatic citizenship for children born in the US to foreign visitors allegedly exploiting the system.

US President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday seeking to narrow birthright citizenship and intensify a crackdown on “birth tourism”, making a new attempt to restrict automatic citizenship after his original policy was rejected by the Supreme Court. Trump announced the measures unexpectedly during a White House event, describing the Supreme Court’s June 30 ruling as “very unfortunate” and arguing that wealthy foreigners had built businesses around securing US citizenship for...