Trump's proposed birthright citizenship restrictions would have applied not only to children of people in the country illegally but also to children of people legally present in the United States, including students and applicants for green cards.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent, credible sources including news reporting and legal/immigration advocacy analysis of the executive order text. [tier=silver indep_score=0.833 clusters=3 claim_tier=exceptional]
Sources
- Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://www.aila.org/library/president-trump-signs-executive-order-protecting-the-meaning-and-value-of-american-citizenship (corroboration)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/trump-birthright-citizenship-order-children-legal-visa-holders-rcna188652 (corroboration)
- https://www.livenowfox.com/news/full-text-trump-executive-order-birthright-citizenship (corroboration)