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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Mackey and Lucy Campbell

HISTORICAL FACTS: Trump signs new orders targeting birthright citizenship - The Untold Story

a baby holding an american flag while sitting in woman's lap
A US naturalization ceremony in Washington. Photograph: Gary Cameron/Reuters

Donald Trump has made a second attempt to restrict the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, just weeks after the US supreme court rejected his initial, more sweeping bid to deny automatic citizenship to the children born to undocumented immigrants and temporary foreign residents.

Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders that seek to broaden the categories of children ineligible for automatic US citizenship and ban so-called “birth tourism”. The directives are expected to face legal challenges.

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