President Donald Trump signed two executive orders Thursday cracking down on birth tourism and narrowing who qualifies for automatic birthright citizenship, responding to a Supreme Court ruling many conservatives view as having opened the door to abuse of the American immigration system.
The orders follow the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in June in Trump v. Barbara, which found birthright citizenship to be a constitutional right. Trump made clear Thursday he still disagrees. “We had a very unfortunate decision in the Supreme Court concerning birthright. It was close, but a very, very unfortunate decision. So we’re making adjustments because it’s very unfair,” he said, arguing the 14th Amendment was never meant to be exploited this way. “This was done right after the Civil War. This was for the babies of slaves, and what’s happening now? People are building businesses around it,” Trump said.
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