{"id":2641927,"date":"2026-08-07T14:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-furious-as-trump-signs-two-executive-orders-to-end-birth-tourism\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T14:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:58:59","slug":"democrats-furious-as-trump-signs-two-executive-orders-to-end-birth-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-furious-as-trump-signs-two-executive-orders-to-end-birth-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Furious as Trump Signs Two Executive Orders to End Birth Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-furious-as-trump-signs-two-executive-orders-to-end-birth-tourism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2641927&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at tightening restrictions on birthright citizenship in the United States. These orders target &#8220;birth tourism,&#8221; where foreign nationals travel to the U.S. to give birth and secure citizenship for their children. The orders seek to prevent children born to parents with certain foreign ties, including those involved in birth tourism schemes or connected to foreign organizations and terrorists, from automatically gaining American citizenship. trump emphasized his belief that the 14th Amendment was originally intended to grant citizenship to children of freed slaves and that current practices are exploited for financial and political benefits. The orders also aim to restrict citizenship for children born when the parents engage in certain commercial activities or when parents are in the country under specific circumstances, such as legal or diplomatic status. Democrats and civil rights groups criticize these measures as unconstitutional and likely to be challenged in court, with many asserting that the 14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship regardless of the circumstances. Critics argue that the orders represent an overreach and undermine established legal interpretations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday that take another pass at reining in birthright citizenship, including banning \u201cbirth tourism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June, the Supreme Court, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-supreme-court-issues-highly-anticipated-birthright-citizenship-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6-3 ruling<\/a>, took an expansive view of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/milestone-documents\/14th-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14th Amendment\u2019s<\/a> language, which provides, \u201cAll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his first day in office, Trump issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/protecting-the-meaning-and-value-of-american-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order<\/a> banning birthright citizenship, which would have the effect of ensuring that the children of illegal immigrants who are born in the United States are not automatically granted American citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>The president pointed to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nbc-anchor-caught-deceptively-altering-14th-amendment-trump-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> language<\/a> that children must be born to parents \u201csubject to the jurisdiction\u201d of the U.S. (i.e., not citizens of foreign nations in the country illegally) for their children to be American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the Supreme Court held otherwise and struck down Trump\u2019s executive order.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told reporters on Thursday at the White House that the court\u2019s ruling was a \u201cvery, very unfortunate decision, so we\u2019re making adjustments.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a>: \u201cWe had a very unfortunate decision in the Supreme Court concerning birthright [citizenship]\u2026 so we\u2019re making adjustments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Trump is signing two Executive Orders to protect the meaning and value of American citizenship after Trump v. Barbara:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The first\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NGSNNuzM0h\">pic.twitter.com\/NGSNNuzM0h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2085461321353760940?\">August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump argued that the purpose of the 14th Amendment was to ensure that the children of the newly freed slaves following the Civil War would be both U.S. citizens and citizens of the states in which they lived.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s happening now is \u2026 wealthy people are building businesses around birthright citizenship,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>His action to stop it, he said, is \u201ca big deal,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/aug\/6\/trump-bans-citizenship-birth-tourism-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The president signed two executive orders. One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/08\/continuing-to-protect-the-meaning-and-value-of-american-citizenship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">precludes<\/a> children born to those in the U.S. with connections to foreign embassies, foreign organizations, or when either parent is an \u201calien enemy\u201d such as those who belong to designated as foreign terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n<p>It also bans citizenship for children \u201cwhen the parent(s) of the person engage in a commercial transaction to ensure that the person\u2019s mother is present in the United States, or a territory of the United States, to give birth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/08\/ending-birth-tourism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second order<\/a> specifically denies citizenship to children of parents who participated in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-launched-backup-birthright-citizenship-plan-almost-exact-moment-scotus-betrayed-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">birth tourism<\/a>\u201d schemes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBirth tourism operators use deceptive advertisements and inducements to entice foreign nationals to travel to the United States for the purpose of giving birth on American soil,\u201d the order states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe immigration laws of the United States establish discrete categories of temporary nonimmigrant visas to allow foreign visitors into the United States for study, exchange, temporary employment, tourism, and other transitory activities that are now exploited by birth tourism operators,\u201d it states.<\/p>\n<p>White House Deputy Chief of Staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/damn-straight-watch-stephen-miller-sideline-cnns-jake-tapper-show-educate-arrogant-host-venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Miller<\/a> elaborated on Thursday, saying the 14th Amendment had no other meaning outside the purpose of ensuring the children of slaves were recognized as citizens.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udfaf Ensuring large amounts of people who WRONGLY get birthright citizenship will no longer be eligible.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfaf Taking action to BAN birth tourism.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StephenM?\">@StephenM<\/a> explains President Trump\u2019s bold and impressive record on securing our borders and protecting the value of American\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hizsT4BGyw\">pic.twitter.com\/hizsT4BGyw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2085469763925348369?\">August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that people come here, pretending to be a tourist \u2026 but the real reason they are here is to have a child, to make that child an automatic citizen, leave our country and then have a U.S. citizen child that gives them access under this broken system to welfare benefits, ultimately to the voting booth and all the other rights and privileges that belong soley to Americans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats were predictably furious at the president\u2019s action.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, for instance, blasted Trump as \u201cunhinged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor nearly 160 years of U.S. history, courts and common sense have viewed the plain language of the 14th Amendment with a reading that\u2019s completely contrary to Donald Trump\u2019s unhinged and uninformed take,\u201d he said in a statement, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/oregon-leaders-slam-trump-orders-012123183.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statesman Journal<\/a> of Salem, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect that long-settled view to prevail again over yet one more Trump scheme to somehow decree into being his perverse obsession with illegally yanking away the citizenship of children born here in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/theblaze\/status\/2085755198064976084\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an interview<\/a> with CNN\u2019s Wolf Blitzer, Illinois Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a native of India, claimed Trump\u2019s actions targeted \u201cimmigrants in general.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Democrat Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on Trump\u2019s new effort to crackdown on birth tourism and birthright citizenship: \u201cI\u2019m an immigrant myself, so this is personal to me. These executive orders are unconstitutional.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PxLEwIQW4H\">pic.twitter.com\/PxLEwIQW4H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/theblaze\/status\/2085755198064976084?\">August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called the move \u201cblatantly illegal,\u201d according to The Washington Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump has just set himself up for yet another loss in the courts. Democrats will challenge this order, and we will win,\u201d he said, according to the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-border-immigration-birthright-citizenship-494add8239eb1c0c9f4ccb45db03f1f0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a> reported that the left-leaning American Civil Liberties Union, which<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/cases\/barbara-v-donald-j-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> sued<\/a> to block Trump\u2019s previous executive order from taking effect, predicted these two will also be struck down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Supreme Court already decided this issue: Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Constitution. No additional executive order can change the meaning of the Constitution. Any executive order that tries to rewrite birthright citizenship will meet the same fate as the last one,\u201d said Cody Wofsy, deputy director of the ACLU\u2019s Immigrants\u2019 Rights Project, in a Thursday statement.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Trump previously signed an order on his first day in office to challenge this interpretation, but it was struck down. He argued that the amendment was meant to grant citizenship primarily to children of freed slaves and now seeks to limit benefits exploited by wealthy individuals and birth tourism operators. The new orders target children born abroad with U.S. connections or parents involved in illegal activities or foreign terrorist organizations, as well as those born through schemes like birth tourism. Critics, including Democrats and civil rights groups like the ACLU, contend these actions are unconstitutional and will be overturned in court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2641928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-with-miller-for-aug.-6-2026.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[79923,3685,44837,3634],"class_list":["post-2641927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-birth-tourism-2","tag-democrats","tag-executive-orders","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/trump-with-miller-for-aug.-6-2026.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2641927"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641930,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641927\/revisions\/2641930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2641928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2641927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2641927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2641927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}