The U.S. State Department has drafted guidance requiring parents to prove their own citizenship or immigration status when applying for passports for their U.S.-born children. Citizen parents could submit a valid U.S. passport or birth certificate, while noncitizen parents could provide immigration records such as an I-94 arrival record or Permanent Resident Card, a departure from the current process that only asks parents to indicate their citizenship status without documentation. The policy would implement Executive Order 14418, signed August 6, which withholds citizenship recognition for U.S.-born children when neither parent is a citizen and conditions apply, including cases involving a parent classified as an 'alien enemy,' employed by a foreign government, or who used fraud to obtain birthright citizenship. Lawyers are pursuing class-action lawsuits and seeking court orders to block the directive from taking effect.