President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders covering issues ranging from immigration and trade to DEI, climate, and the federal workforce during his first week in office. Included was an executive order ending birthright citizenship—an issue Trump promised to address throughout his campaign.

US President Donald Trump’s proposal to end birthright citizenship has led to questions about its potential implications for Usha Vance, the wife of US Vice President JD Vance and the first Indian-origin Second Lady of the United States.

Birthright citizenship, guaranteed under the US Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment, is a legal principle under which citizenship is granted automatically to an individual upon their birth on US soil.