How USCIS Would Implement Trump’s Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship

The plan outlines new criteria for denying citizenship to some U.S.-born children and proposes alternative status options.

A pregnant illegal immigrant from El Salvador stands next to a Border Patrol truck near Rio Grande City, Texas, on Dec. 7, 2015. John Moore/Getty Images

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has drafted an implementation plan for the enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship, in the event that a court block on the order is lifted.

The USCIS plan, released on July 25, establishes new criteria that would deny birthright citizenship to certain children born in the United States, and outlines procedures for granting them alternative legal status tied to a parent’s immigration status.