How do you in-text cite an official government document?

I would cite the Executive Order as you suggest, i.e., According to President Trump in Executive Order ”, ”....”

I’d follow The University of Chicago’s manual of style. Here is a ‘quick’ reference on government citations.

@Zaku It could depend on what Style the teacher wants the citation in. The OWL site from Purdue University gives both MLA and APA.

@janbb That’s true. I was just answering what I’d do, not what a student would do. If I were in a class like that I would check the syllabus and class materials expecting they would provide where to get that info if they’re grading on it, and if not, ask a TA or the professor where that info is.

She did not specify anywhere what style to do it in. The link kind of helped, but I don’t know what I should be citing.

Cite the direct quote you are using from Trump. That is your source if I am reading you correctly.

Okay. Thank you. The “under Article II of the Constitution and under section 212(f) of the INA, which provides in relevant part” Really threw me off I guess

I agree with @janbb that you should quote from the executive order and cite that.

If you do have questions about referencing, your college librarian should be able to help. (Or you can continue to ask the Fluther librarians. There are at least three of us!)