Trump Issues Two New ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Orders

On August 6, the White House issued a “fact sheet”, “President Donald J. Trump Ends Birth Tourism and Protects the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship”, announcing two new executive orders (EOs): one “non-exhaustively identifying certain categories of children of aliens. . . not entitled to birthright citizenship ... consistent with” Supreme Court precedent; and the other “to halt the practice of birth tourism”. To paraphrase Antony in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar: “Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of law”.