Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders on Thursday aimed at restricting the right of birthight citizenship despite the Supreme Court ruling that the right was respected under the Constitution.

At a ceremony on Thursday the president was flanked by Stephen Miller, the architect of his deportation program, as he unveiled two orders targeting birthright citizenship and “birth tourism”, which Republicans argue is a massive source of fraud.

The first will identify “certain categories of children of aliens who are not entitled to birthright citizenship”, which according to an Axios report will largely be used to restrict the children of foreign diplomatic staffers from being eligible for citizenship if they are born in the U.S.

Trump told reporters that he believed the orders were legal, despite the Court’s ruling.

A White House staffer added during the event that there was “absolutely nothing” that would run “afoul” of the recent court ruling on the subject.

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