The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups have asked a federal judge to block President Donald Trump's latest attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, arguing that two executive orders signed last week seek to circumvent a June Supreme Court ruling that struck down his previous effort.
The new orders, signed August 6, target narrower categories of U.S.-born children. One would deny citizenship to children whose parents are classified as "alien enemies," work for foreign governments or engage in citizenship-related fraud. The other targets so-called "birth tourism," in which foreign nationals travel to the United States to give birth.
