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Trump Signs Fresh Order To Restrict Birthright Citizenship (Img: X)
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship, reigniting a major political and legal debate over who qualifies for automatic American citizenship.
The move comes weeks after the US Supreme Court limited an earlier attempt by Trump’s administration to change the long-standing citizenship policy.
While signing the order at the White House, Trump criticised the existing system, saying birthright citizenship had been misused over the years. “They’ve taken birthright citizenship and they’ve made a joke out of it,” Trump said, arguing that stricter rules were needed to address what his administration describes as unfair immigration practices.
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The order focuses on cases involving children born in the US to parents who are not permanent residents, including certain temporary visa holders and undocumented migrants.
The Trump administration has repeatedly targeted “birth tourism” a practice where some foreign nationals travel to the US with the intention of giving birth so their child receives American citizenship.
The latest order seeks to expand restrictions on such cases and introduce tighter scrutiny for citizenship claims.
The move is expected to face legal challenges because the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution grants citizenship to most people born on American soil. Previous attempts by Trump to restrict birthright citizenship were blocked by lower courts, which argued that such changes could conflict with constitutional protections.
The Supreme Court later narrowed the scope of the earlier order but did not deliver a final ruling on the broader question of birthright citizenship.
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The latest action is part of Trump’s wider immigration policy, which includes stricter border controls, deportation measures and increased checks on foreign nationals entering the United States.
The debate over birthright citizenship is now set to move back into courts, where judges will decide whether the new restrictions can survive constitutional scrutiny.
