by Techno Fog at The Reactionary
Hours after President Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2025, he signed an Executive Order which serves to undo birthright citizenship. The Executive Order states that citizenship does not automatically extend to persons born in the US in two circumstances:
- when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth, or
- when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States at the time of said person’s birth was lawful but temporary (such as, but not limited to, visiting the United States under the auspices of the Visa Waiver Program or visiting on a student, work, or tourist visa) and the father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth.
The Executive Order seeks to solve two issues that have continued to increase in the last 20 years: anchor babies birthed to illegal aliens and birth tourism by well-off foreigners.
As expected, Trump’s Executive Order was immediately challenged. Today, US district court judge John C. Coughenour (a Reagan nominee) in the Western District of Washington – Seattle Division issued a temporary restraining order enjoining the Trump Administration from not issuing citizenship documents to children of illegal/temporary aliens or otherwise taking actions in accordance with its citizenship policy.
This issue will soon make it to the Supreme Court…
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