President Donald Trump signed two new executive orders (EOs) on Thursday aiming to restrict birthright citizenship and curb “birth tourism,” making a revised push on immigration policy just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) struck down his initial sweeping order.
Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump acknowledged the June Supreme Court ruling that declared his broader January 2025 executive order unconstitutional, calling the 6–3 decision “unfortunate” while asserting that his administration was making further adjustments to pursue a narrower legal approach.
“We had a very unfortunate decision in the Supreme Court concerning birthright, it was close,” Trump said in the Oval Office on Thursday. “But a very, very unfortunate decision. So we’re making adjustments.”
“This was done right after the Civil War … This was for the babies of slaves,” Trump reminded those in attendance.
The newly signed actions will work to circumvent the Supreme Court’s constitutional ruling by focusing on specific categories of foreign nationals rather than issuing a blanket denial to children of illegal aliens or temporary immigrants.
The first order seeks to deny automatic citizenship to children born in the United States to parents with foreign embassy or lobbying ties, as well as children whose parents are accused of engaging in fraudulent activity to secure their initial U.S. citizenship.
White House officials described the measure as an adjustment to the interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s jurisdiction clause, setting up what legal experts believe will be another round of immediate court challenges from far-left groups and state attorneys general (AGs).
The second EO explicitly targets commercial “birth tourism” by tightening visa regulations and border screening for pregnant foreign nationals traveling to the United States.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller emphasized that the administration intends to crack down on foreign visitors who utilize temporary travel visas with the primary intent of giving birth on American soil to secure citizenship for their newborns.
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