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.<\/p>\n
Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders that seek to broaden the categories of children ineligible for automatic US citizenship and ban so-called \u201cbirth tourism\u201d. The directives are expected to face legal challenges.<\/p>\n
Trump has long sought to dismantle birthright citizenship and has made the effort a centerpiece of his second-term immigration crackdown. He has thus far been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the president lashed out at the supreme court over what he called \u201ca very unfortunate decision in the supreme court concerning birthright\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was close, but a very, very unfortunate decision,\u201d Trump told reporters. \u201cSo we\u2019re making adjustments because it\u2019s very unfair.\u201d<\/p>\n
A first new order seeks to expand the definitions \u200bof children who would not be able to receive birthright \u200bcitizenship.<\/p>\n