President Issues Executive Orders Impacting U.S. Immigration
On the first day of his second term of office, President Trump issued ten executive orders (EOs) impacting immigration in the U.S. The executive orders primarily focus on border security, asylum policies, and birthright citizenship and will likely have a wide-ranging impact on immigrants and the U.S. immigration system. Birthright Citizenship The “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship” executive order challenges birthright citizenship as enshrined in the 14th amendment, which grants automatic citizenship to children born on