Trump's Citizenship Gambit: A Pattern of Obsession and Misinformation Donald Trump's latest executive orders aim to restrict birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the US Constitution since 1868.
This is not a new crusade for Trump; he has been waging it for over a decade with catastrophic consequences. The numbers suggest that Trump's claims of widespread "birth tourism" are exaggerated.
The Migration Policy Institute estimates that between 22,000 to 26,000 babies are born annually on US soil to foreign mothers – not an insurmountable issue that can be addressed through existing immigration laws and regulations.