Permanent record
Trump ordered agencies to restrict recognition of birthright citizenship
- Event date
- Category
- Immigration and civil rights
- Posture:
- Executive order — litigated
The order directed federal agencies not to recognize citizenship for defined children born in the United States. Its legality became the subject of constitutional litigation; the order itself was not a final judicial determination of the Fourteenth Amendment's meaning.
Dated sources
- — White House executive order (Primary executive record)
Correction status
No substantive correction recorded for this version.
Canonical citation
Trump ordered agencies to restrict recognition of birthright citizenship. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2025-01-20-birthright-citizenship-order/
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