Politics & Power · Coverage Brief · August 11, 2026

Trump signs two orders seeking new limits on birthright citizenship and birth tourism after Supreme Court ruling

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders creating narrower categories in which the government would withhold recognition of birthright citizenship and directing agencies to combat travel undertaken specifically to give birth in the United States. The measures follow a Supreme Court ruling against his broader 2025 policy, but their implementation and constitutionality remain unsettled.

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