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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Owen Scott

Trump signs new executive orders in fresh attempt to change birthright citizenship law. So what happens now?

President Trump has issued two executive orders targeting birthright citizenship, a decision that places him in direct conflict with established Supreme Court precedent.

Trump touted the decrees on Thursday, with the first targeting birthright citizenship. The order is aimed at denying birthright citizenship to the children of some foreign diplomatic staff in the United States.

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