THREAD- 🍊administration targets 'birth tourism'
As the president faces the threat of potential removal from office, the Trump administration is simultaneously continuing its crackdown on immigration, now targeting pregnant women who travel to the United States to give birth.
As the president faces the threat of potential removal from office, the Trump administration is simultaneously continuing its crackdown on immigration, now targeting pregnant women who travel to the United States to give birth.
The AP reports:
Applicants will be denied tourist visas if they are determined by consular officers to be coming to the U.S. primarily to give birth, according to the rules in the Federal Register. It is a bigger hurdle to overcome, proving they are traveling to the U.S.
Applicants will be denied tourist visas if they are determined by consular officers to be coming to the U.S. primarily to give birth, according to the rules in the Federal Register. It is a bigger hurdle to overcome, proving they are traveling to the U.S.
because they have a medical need and not just because they want to give birth here. Those with medical needs will be treated like other foreigners coming to the U.S. for medical treatment and must prove they have the money
to pay for it — including transportation and living expenses.
The practice of traveling to the U.S. to give birth is fundamentally legal, although there are scattered cases of authorities arresting operators of birth tourism agencies for visa fraud or tax evasion.
The practice of traveling to the U.S. to give birth is fundamentally legal, although there are scattered cases of authorities arresting operators of birth tourism agencies for visa fraud or tax evasion.
And women are often honest about their intentions when applying for visas and even show signed contracts with doctors and hospitals.
Children who are born in America are automatically granted US citizenship, a right guaranteed by the 14th amendment of the constitution.
But Trump has previously expressed his desire to end birthright citizenship, saying as recently as August that his
But Trump has previously expressed his desire to end birthright citizenship, saying as recently as August that his
administration was looking “very seriously” at the matter.
In 2018, the president threatened to sign an executive order terminating the constitutional protection. “We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is
In 2018, the president threatened to sign an executive order terminating the constitutional protection. “We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is
essentially a citizen of the United States for 85 years with all of those benefits,” he said at the time. “It’s ridiculous. It’s ridiculous. And it has to end.”
