While the new EO may not change existing citizenship law in U.S. territories, its inclusion in such a high-profile presidential act suggests that this Administration may be putting pressure on Congress to limit birthright citizenship in U.S. territories through bills like the End Birthright Citizenship For Territories Act. 

More broadly, the idea that the federal government has the power to limit citizenship in U.S. territories, regardless of how this affects their fundamental rights or what people in those communities might want, highlights how problematic the undemocratic colonial framework governing U.S. territories is in the first place. If the federal government has the power to strip citizenship unilaterally despite the express limits of the Citizenship Clause, what other things do they have the power to do?