Trump signed an executive order against "birth tourism" in the U.S.
On Thursday, August 6, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at combating so-called “birth tourism”—entering the country under the guise of a tourist trip with the intention of giving birth in the United States. This is yet another attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, according to France 24.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump stated that, in his view, the right to citizenship by birth has been turned into a joke. He also said that the administration is making changes following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on a previous initiative, which he called unfair.
Presidential adviser Stephen Miller said the executive order also aims to restrict birthright citizenship for other categories of people. Among them, he cited children of members of “foreign terrorist organizations,” as well as broad categories of people who lobby on behalf of foreign governments or act on their behalf. According to Miller, the decision is intended to deprive a significant number of people—who, in the administration’s view, should not receive these benefits—of such privileges.
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Last year, Trump had already issued an executive order stipulating that children born in the U.S. to parents who are in the country illegally or on temporary visas would not automatically receive U.S. citizenship. Lower courts blocked this order, citing the citizenship provisions of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The amendment stipulates that all persons born or naturalized in the country and those subject to its jurisdiction are U.S. citizens. In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Trump’s previous attempt to restrict this constitutional right. At the same time, U.S. law already allows for the denial of a visa if a consular officer believes that the applicant’s primary purpose for traveling is to give birth to a child in the United States.
