A Texas congressman has reintroduced legislation to block illegal aliens from taking advantage of birthright citizenship by having children on American soil.
The Birthright Citizenship Act, first filed by Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) in 2023, would confer citizenship to children born in the United States only if at least one parent is either a citizen, lawfully present foreign national, or immigrant serving in the military.
Babin announced Tuesday that he was reintroducing the legislation.
“This bill will build on President Trump’s executive order and codify these critical reforms into law,” Babin posted on X. “It’s time to END the exploitation of loopholes in our immigration system.”
Shortly after being inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, Donald Trump issued an executive order that clarified the definition of “birthright citizenship.”
“The Fourteenth Amendment has always excluded from birthright citizenship persons who were born in the United States but not ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof,’” Trump’s order reads.
The order also states that the secretary of state, attorney general, secretary of homeland security, and the Social Security Commission will be empowered to enforce the provisions of the order, which withholds birthright citizenship from children of illegal aliens in the United States.
The order was one of many aimed at disincentivizing illegal immigration and prioritizing lawful American citizens signed by Trump on his first day in office.
Others included declaring a national emergency on the border, establishing a process for declaring cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, and protecting America from invasion.