Exclusive: The US State Department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of President Trump's latest effort to limit birthright ‌citizenship ↧ EXCLUSIVE: US may ask parents to prove citizenship or immigration s... The U.S. State Department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their ​children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of President Donald Trump's latest effort to limit birthright ‌citizenship.