Trump's executive orders curbing birthright citizenship and birth tourism now face a fresh legal challenge, after the Supreme Court sided with broad birthright protections in June. Separately, New Jersey is investigating three detainee deaths at Newark's Delaney Hall.
Birthright citizenship is a right anchored in the US constitution for people born on American soil. Trump has sought to roll it back for more than a decade, pitting his administration against the courts, which decide how far a president can narrow a constitutional guarantee by executive order.
Trump's executive orders limiting birthright citizenship and birth tourism face a fresh legal challenge, months after the Supreme Court ruled in June in favour of broad birthright citizenship protections. New Jersey's attorney general opened an investigation on Friday into possible civil rights violations at the GEO Group-run Delaney Hall detention centre in Newark after three detainees died.
President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Friday restricting nationality rights for babies born in the United States to foreign parents, despite an adverse Supreme Court decision. El País reports the measure is likely to be challenged in court.
Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday to limit birthright citizenship, following a defeat at the Supreme Court on the issue, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Global Times and The Hindu reported. The Guardian wrote that the orders are the latest step in a campaign Trump has pursued for more than a decade against the constitutional right.