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Trump Signs New Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship
Trump signed two executive orders Thursday seeking to restrict birthright citizenship and ban "birth tourism," his second attempt after the Supreme Court struck down his first effort just over a month ago. The new orders take a narrower approach, expanding the definition of people whose US-born children are ineligible for citizenship. Whether they survive fresh legal challenges remains the immediate question.






