Birthright Citizenship Debate: Is Barron Trump’s Status at Risk? – wna24

Washington: Donald Trump, who returned to the White House as the 47th President of the United States, has signed an executive order that will end the automatic birthright citizenship for children born to non-citizens of America.

According to the order signed by Trump, children born to those who entered America illegally won’t be eligible for automatic birthright citizenship anymore. Also, children born to parents working on temporary visas in the US won’t be eligible for birthright citizenship.

Barron Trump is the only son of the US president, born to his wife, Melania Trump, a woman of Slovenian origin. 

Barron was born in 2006 at Manhattan’s Presbyterian Hospital. He is a US citizen by birth and is considered a “natural-born US citizen” under the country’s citizenship rules.

Since 2001, Melania Trump, the first lady of the US, has been holding a green card. Hence, the recent executive order would not impact Barron’s citizenship status.

As of now, birthright citizenship means anyone born in the United States automatically becomes an American citizen. The practice has been in place for decades. It applies to children born to someone in the country illegally or in the US on a tourist or student visa who plans to return to their home country.