Summary
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at limiting birthright citizenship and stopping birth tourism in the US. The orders expand rules on which children born in the US do not automatically get citizenship and increase enforcement against people traveling to the US just to give birth.
Key Facts
- Birthright citizenship means anyone born in the US is usually a citizen, based on the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.
- Birth tourism is when foreign nationals come to the US to have a baby so the child will get US citizenship.
- One order blocks automatic citizenship for children if a parent is linked to foreign terrorist groups, foreign diplomats, or lives in some US territories where citizenship is not given.
- The government has said birth tourism is illegal but plans to crack down harder on the industry that promotes it.
- There are no exact numbers on birth tourists, but about 9,500 babies were born in the US to foreign women in 2024.
- Some US territories, like Puerto Rico and Guam, grant citizenship at birth, but others like American Samoa do not.
- The orders follow a Supreme Court ruling that blocked President Trump’s previous attempt to limit birthright citizenship in June.
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