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After Supreme Court setback, Trump again targets immigration by expanding definition of birthright citizenship

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Two new executive orders take aim at aspects of birthright citizenship the high court did not address in its June 2026 ruling.

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  1. Baptist News Global

    Civil rights groups ask judge to block Trump from ignoring birthright citizenship ruling (opens Baptist News Global)

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    A coalition of civil rights groups has asked a federal judge to declare that a recent Supreme Court ruling protecting birthright citizenship strikes down two new executive orders President Donald Trump signed to limit the constitutional right he opposes. The...

  2. Forbes

    Trump Tests Birthright Citizenship Again After Supreme Court Loss (opens Forbes)

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    After the Supreme Court affirmed birthright citizenship, Trump has taken to proclamations to try to limit the impact of the decision. What is fair and what isn't?

  3. The Hill

    Trump's latest birthright citizenship order is also unconstitutional (opens The Hill)

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    President Trump seems temperamentally incapable of recognizing the scope of his loss in the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of birthright citizenship. Rather than accept the court's definitive ruling that "the Constitution guarantees citizenship to children born of parents unlawfully or temporarily …

  4. Al Jazeera

    Can Trump limit birthright citizenship? Legal experts are doubtful (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Trump’s new order targeting ‘birth tourism’ faces an uphill legal battle after an earlier Supreme Court defeat.

  5. Reason

    Trump Courts Another Legal Defeat on Birthright Citizenship (opens Reason)

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    Donald Trump signing an executive order

  6. Latin Times

    Courts to Decide If Trump's Two New Orders Thread the Supreme Court's Needle on Birthright Citizenship (opens Latin Times)

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    State pulls 600+ visas in a "birth tourism" crackdown as Trump tries a narrower path on birthright citizenship — and the ACLU sues again.

  7. The Conversation US

    After Supreme Court setback, Trump again targets immigration by expanding definition of birthright citizenship (opens The Conversation US)

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    Two new executive orders take aim at aspects of birthright citizenship the high court did not address in its June 2026 ruling.

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