Trump cancels Birthright Citizenship!

Original content: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-meaning-and-value-of-american-citizenship/

Translated from the White House website:

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose.
The privilege of United States citizenship is a priceless and profound gift. The Fourteenth Amendment states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." That provision rightly repudiates the Supreme Court of the United States' shameful ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857), which misinterpreted the Constitution as permanently excluding people of African descent from eligibility for United States citizenship solely based on their race. But the Fourteenth Amendment has never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to everyone born within the United States. The Fourteenth Amendment has always excluded from birthright citizenship persons born in the United States who are "not subject to the jurisdiction thereof." Consistent with this understanding, Congress has further enacted legislation providing that "a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" becomes a national and citizen of the United States at birth, 8 U.S.C. 1401, generally reflecting the text of the Fourteenth Amendment. Among the categories of individuals born in the United States who are not subject to the jurisdiction thereof, the privilege of United States citizenship does not automatically extend to persons born in the United States: (1) when that person's mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the person's father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of such person's birth, or (2) when that person's mother's presence in the United States at the time of such person's birth was lawful but temporary (such as, but not limited to, visiting the United States under the Visa Waiver Program or visiting on a student, work, or tourist visa) and the person's father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of such person's birth.

Section 2. Policy.
(a) It is the policy of the United States that no department or agency of the United States government shall issue documents recognizing United States citizenship, or accept documents issued by state, local, or other governments or authorities purporting to recognize United States citizenship, to persons: (1) when the person's mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the person's father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of such person's birth, or (2) when the person's mother's presence in the United States was lawful but temporary and the person's father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of such person's birth.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply only to persons born in the United States 30 days after the date of this order.
(c) Nothing in this order shall be construed to affect the entitlement of other individuals, including children of lawful permanent residents, to obtain documentation of United States citizenship.

Section 3. Enforcement.
(a) The Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Commissioner of Social Security shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that their respective departments' and agencies' regulations and policies are consistent with this order and that their respective departments' and agencies' officers, employees, or agents do not act or fail to act in any manner inconsistent with this order.
(b) The heads of all executive departments and agencies shall issue public guidance within 30 days of the date of this order regarding the implementation of this order and their operations and activities.

Section 4. Definitions.
As used in this order: (a) "Mother" means the immediate female biological progenitor. (b) "Father" means the immediate male biological progenitor.

Section 5. General Provisions.
(a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

The White House, January 20, 2025.