Trump's proposed restrictions on birthright citizenship 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 sources including legal analysis (AILA) and news reporting (Time/Yahoo, Deccan Herald) that consistently describe the executive order's two-category structure, which extends beyond undocumented immigrants to include lawfully present temporary visa holders and green card applicants. [tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=3 claim_tier=exceptional] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]
Sources
- Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-doesnt-182006807.html (corroboration)
- https://www.aila.org/library/president-trump-signs-executive-order-protecting-the-meaning-and-value-of-american-citizenship (corroboration)
- https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/story/world%2Ftrumps-birthright-citizenship-rule-jolt-to-legal-indians-too-3366701 (corroboration)
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-birthright-citizenship-order-could-010957311.html (corroboration)