Trump Signs Orders Restricting Birthright Citizenship and Banning Birth Tourism
The new executive orders expand who is ineligible for birthright citizenship, coming a month after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Trump's earlier bid to restrict the practice.
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Thursday targeting birthright citizenship, a month after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Republican president's bid to restrict the practice.
The orders expand the definitions of people who are ineligible for birthright citizenship and ban "birth tourism".
(Reporting by Jacob Bogage in Washington, writing by Jasper Ward;Editing by David Ljunggren)