No expectant moms at the border: Trump's birthright Plan B
Summary
After the Supreme Court blocked President Trump's order to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to noncitizen parents, his team and supporters shifted to a new plan to stop pregnant foreign women from entering the country. Officials and allies want to fight "birth tourism," where visitors come to the U.S. to have babies who automatically gain citizenship by birth.Key Facts
- The Supreme Court ruled President Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship as unconstitutional.
- Trump advisors propose banning pregnant foreign women from entering the U.S. to stop "birth tourism."
- "Birth tourism" means traveling to the U.S. mainly to give birth and get citizenship for the child.
- The Justice Department is pushing prosecutors to investigate visa fraud and related crimes linked to birth tourism.
- Estimates say 20,000 to 26,000 babies are born yearly in the U.S. to foreign visitors, out of 3.6 million total births.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and some Trump supporters consider birth tourism a serious problem.
- President Trump has not officially endorsed banning pregnant visitors but has criticized birthright citizenship on social media.
- The debate follows the Supreme Court decision and continues discussions about immigration rules and citizenship.
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