US EditionBlackburn Wants to Stop 'Birth Tourism' Industry
- Senator Marsha Blackburn proposed legislation called the Ban Birth Tourism Act aimed at stopping foreign nationals from acquiring U.S. Citizenship for children born on American soil.
- The bill responds to concerns that pregnant women exploit birth tourism, which allows citizenship by birth under the Constitution’s clause.
- The Act would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to block citizenship acquisition from foreign nationals who visit the U.S. Mainly to give birth.
- A 2020 study estimated about 33,000 women annually on tourist visas give birth in the U.S., and Blackburn said, “Foreign nationals have been exploiting our nation’s immigration laws.”
- The outcome depends on legislative action and a pending Supreme Court decision on related executive orders expected by July 2025.
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Senator Blackburn Takes on Birthright Tourism
Senator Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee, who has been at the forefront of the immigration debate, discusses her new legislation aimed at ending birthright tourism in the United States, a growing industry that facilitates the entry of foreign women to give birth in the U.S. Senator Blackburn explains the implications of this practice and the importance of protecting American citizenship.
Tennessee's Senator Blackburn Wants To Stop "Birth Tourism" Industry
The Center Square [By Kim Jarrett] – Tennessee Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn says other countries have found another way to obtain birthright U.S. citizenship – an industry known as “birth tourism.” For a fee, pregnant women can visit the U.S. at the time they are close to their due date, according to a news release from Blackburn’s office. If the babies are born in the U.S., they are citizens under the Constitution’s citizenship clause …
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