Behind Trump’s final push to limit immigration

Since Election Day, staffers have pushed through changes to visa processing and the citizenship test. Some aides even urged Trump to go after birthright citizenship.

Donald Trump is not done with immigration yet. 

Since Election Day, the president’s staffers have pushed through changes that make it easier to deny visas to immigrants, lengthened the citizenship test and appointed new members to an immigration policy board.

Some aides even urged Trump to sign an executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants, said two people familiar with the discussions — a legally dubious tactic given that birthright citizenship is enshrined in the Constitution. A third person said the idea had recently been dismissed. Continue reading.