U.S. President Donald Trump signed two new executive orders aimed at restricting the right to birthright citizenship, despite the fact that the Supreme Court had previously ruled his earlier attempt unconstitutional. Reuters reports, UNN writes.
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The new orders are narrower than the previous document and focus, in particular, on combating so-called "birth tourism," when foreign women come to the United States to give birth to a child with the aim of obtaining U.S. citizenship for the child.
Since this executive order was signed, such birth tourism has been banned
The new orders may once again be challenged in court
In addition to combating "birth tourism," the documents restrict citizenship rights for children born in the United States to foreign government officials, as well as to individuals whom U.S. authorities classify as "foreign enemies."
Trump called the decision of the Supreme Court, which had previously blocked his first order, "very unfortunate" and said that the current system allows people to "build a business" around obtaining birthright citizenship.
Lawyers predict that the new orders will also become the subject of lawsuits. Human rights organizations have already stated that the presidential administration is attempting to circumvent the decision of the Supreme Court, which previously upheld the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.