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On Aug. 28, 2019, a tweet from the San Francisco Chonicle's Tal Kopan reported that newly issued guidance from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) meant that children born to U.S. service members stationed outside the United States would not automatically be considered U.S. citizens: This story was picked up by other news outlets, such as Task and Purpose, which reported it as fact: However, some outlets such as NBC then tweeted corrections and said the new policy only applied to children adopted by service members stationed overseas: NBC News' subsequent update noted that the changes would not in fact apply to the majority of children born to U.S. two citizens serving abroad, but primarily to children born to non-citizen parents: The Military Times reported that the policy change would affect children born to persons who are serving in the U.S. military but are not themselves U.S. citizens: An Associated Press report observed that the policy change would likely affect between 20 and 25 people per year: On Aug. 29, the USCIS released a graphic explaining precisely who will be affected by the policy change, and how:
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