Birthright Citizenship Under Fire: Trump Signs Orders to Curb Birth Tourism
President Trump issued two executive orders to restrict birthright citizenship for certain non-citizen parents and to tighten enforcement on foreign birth-tourism practices. The steps expand exclusions from jus soli, and officials argue the policy targets deceptive birth-tourism schemes. CDC data show about 9,500 births to foreign-born mothers in 2024 (roughly 0.25% of US births), while MPI estimates birth-tourism births at about 20,000–26,000 annually; the Supreme Court previously rejected a reading that birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, leaving the 14th Amendment intact.
