Executive Order 14419

Continuing to Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship

Signed 2026-08-06 in effect

Implements the Supreme Court's June 30, 2026 decision in Trump v. Barbara by directing federal agencies to withhold citizenship documentation for four categories of children born in the United States: those with terrorist-affiliated parents, foreign-government-employee parents, parents who commercially arranged birth tourism, and those born in territories without a federal citizenship statute. Provisional EO number pending Federal Register publication.

Section by Section

What each section does, and how they differ.

Sec. 1 Purpose

The framing section. States the order responds to the Supreme Court's June 30, 2026 decision in Trump v. Barbara on the Fourteenth Amendment Citizenship Clause.

Sec. 2 Policy

The operative section. Names four categories of U.S.-born children the government will not recognize as citizens: those with terrorist-affiliated parents, foreign-government-employee parents, commercially arranged birth-tourism parents, or birth in territories lacking a federal citizenship statute.

Sec. 3 Enforcement

Directs State, the Attorney General, DHS, and the Social Security Commissioner to conform their regulations and issue implementation guidance within 30 days.

Sec. 4 Severability

Boilerplate insurance: preserves the rest of the order if any provision is struck down.

Sec. 5 General Provisions

Standard closing boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, ties action to appropriations, and creates no enforceable rights.

Linked Court Cases (1)

EO 14419 Section 1 implements the Supreme Court's June 30, 2026 decision in Trump v. Barbara (No. 25-365) on the Fourteenth Amendment Citizenship Clause.