Trump signs new executive orders seeking to limit US birthright citizenship

What the report says

United States President Donald Trump has signed two new executive orders aimed at narrowing birthright citizenship, according to Al Jazeera, after the Supreme Court blocked his earlier effort to redefine the constitutional right. The latest measures were issued on Thursday and are described as a more limited approach than his January 2025 order, which sought to deny automatic citizenship to some children born in the United States to immigrants without documentation or on temporary visas.

One order seeks to expand a narrow exception to birthright citizenship that already covers children of foreign diplomats and invading forces. The other directs the secretary of state and the secretary of homeland security to act against so-called birth tourism, or travel to the United States specifically to give birth. The White House did not present the move as a final resolution, and the article notes that legal challenges are expected.

The development comes weeks after the Supreme Court ruled that Trump’s earlier attempt to limit birthright citizenship was unlawful under the Constitution’s Citizenship Clause. The court majority said the text did not support the administration’s interpretation, while Chief Justice John Roberts wrote separately that there was little evidence for the broader revisionist claim. The issue matters because it touches on who is recognized as a U.S. citizen at birth and remains a major flashpoint in Trump’s immigration agenda.