PoliticsTrump signs new executive orders to limit birthright citizenship

US President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders aimed at restricting birthright citizenship in the United States. The measures are presented as part of his broader immigration crackdown and would expand the groups whose children could be denied automatic US citizenship. They also target so-called “birth tourism” by directing the secretaries of state and homeland security to tighten procedures for travellers seeking to give birth in the country. The new restrictions also cover children born to people whose circumstances are described in the truncated account.