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'No Executive Order Can Change the Constitution': ACLU Slams Trump's Birthright Citizenship Moves

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David in Maryland, on July 31, 2026. (Credit: Photo by Aaron Schwartz / AFP via Getty Images)

The American Civil Liberties Union condemned President Donald Trump's latest attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, arguing that two new executive orders signed Thursday conflict with a recent Supreme Court ruling affirming the constitutional right.

"The Supreme Court already decided this issue: Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Constitution," Cody Wofsy, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, said in a statement. "No additional executive order can change the meaning of the Constitution."

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