By GB News (Politics) | Created at 2026-08-06 20:51:48 | Updated at 2026-08-06 22:14:35
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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning birthright citizenship as he prepares for a battle with the Supreme Court on the matter.
In a move to combat "birth tourism", Mr Trump has signed two executive orders which deny citizenship to people who are born in the US, but have foreign parents.
One of his top priorities while in office, the US President's plans were rejected by the Supreme Court in June, which ruled the right was protected under the Constitution.
Mr Trump was joined today by Stephen Miller, the developer of the President's deportation plan, unveiling two orders focusing on limiting birthright citizenship rights and "birth tourism".
The first order will identify "certain categories of child of aliens who are not entitled to birthright citizenship", Axios reports, which are as follows:
- Children of foreign diplomatic staffers.
- Children of people who are classified as foreign enemies, including those who are proscribed as a terrorist group a federal level.
- Children born in US territories, but the law allowing automatic citizenship must be changed by Congress (a Bill relating to this was introduced last month but is not expected to be successful).
- Children born to mothers who have entered the US for the sole purpose of gaining birthright citizenship for her child, also known as "birth tourism".
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