Trump attorney general plots crackdown on ‘birth tourism’ after supreme court ruling
Summary
After the Supreme Court confirmed that birthright citizenship is protected by the Constitution, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said federal law enforcement will focus on stopping “birth tourism.” This is when visitors come to the U.S. to have a baby so the child becomes a U.S. citizen.Key Facts
- The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment stands.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said prosecutors will target birth tourism cases.
- Birth tourism involves visitors or undocumented immigrants giving birth in the U.S. to secure citizenship for the child.
- The Justice Department’s fraud division is instructed to investigate and charge cases of birth tourism fraud.
- The exact scale of birth tourism is unclear, with estimates of 20,000 to 26,000 births per year on tourist visas, less than 1% of all U.S. births.
- President Trump has argued against birthright citizenship for children of non-citizen parents.
- Trump’s executive order aimed to redefine who qualifies as “subject to the jurisdiction” under the 14th Amendment but was rejected by the Court.
- Trump plans to push new laws to limit birthright citizenship, but such bills face high hurdles in Congress.
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