President Donald Trump signed two executive orders regarding birth tourism and birthright citizenship since the Supreme Court upheld the latter.
Trump told the media:
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. This was done for a different reason. 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. Wealthy people are building businesses around birthright citizenship. That’s not the way it’s supposed to work. It’s a disgrace. They’re buying their way in, and we’re not going to let it happen.
The executive orders, Continuing to Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship and Ending Birth Tourism, limit the scope, targeting future births in four categories:
No doubt someone or groups will sue the administration. I honestly do not know if SCOTUS would rule on it since the orders are narrow.
Yes, birth tourism exists. Even Axios cited the extraordinary numbers: “Estimates about the number of children who’ve been the result of birth tourism range from the low thousands to the tens of thousands.”
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