The #Trump admin plans to crack down on networks it claims help #pregnant #women lie on #visa applications in order to secure #US #citizenship for their US born babies, an issue ‌that Trump has highlighted to justify his attempts to restrict #BirthrightCitizenship.

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In an internal email sent Thursday & reviewed by Reuters, #ICE ordered investigative agents around the country to focus on a new “Birth Tourism Initiative.” The operation will purportedly seek to root out supposed networks that help pregnant foreign nationals come to the #US to give birth so their #children can receive #citizenship, it said.

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#Trump, a “#Republican”, has kicked off an aggressive push ​to reduce both legal & illegal #immigration after retaking office in January 2025. His admin has used the threat of “birth tourism” as a rationale for attempting to ​restrict the Constitutionally granted right of #citizenship to #children born on #US soil.

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…"While the act of giving birth in the United States is not unlawful, DHS remains focused ​on identifying & addressing potential violations of federal law associated with these activities," a #DHS spox nonsensically said.

No #US #law outright bars “birth tourism”, but a questionably legal federal #regulation implemented in 2020 during the first #Trump term prohibits using temporary tourist & business #visas for the primary purpose of obtaining US #citizenship for a newborn.

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People who engage in birth tourism schemes could be prosecuted for #fraud or other related #crimes under #Trump’s federal #regulation.

There are no ​official figures tallying the number of foreigners who come to the US for the purpose of giving birth & obtaining #citizenship for their children, or what the cost is to taxpayers.

…There were 3.6 million births ‌in the US in 2025 & birth tourism likely represents a tiny fraction of the total births.

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#Republicans have highlighted allegations of birth tourism as a reason to limit access to #US #citizenship, which has long been conferred at birth under an amendment to the #Constitution.

#Trump issued an #ExecutiveOrder on his first day in office that instructed US agencies not to recognize the citizenship of children born in the US if neither parent is a US citizen or legal permanent resident, a sharp break from legal precedent spanning more than a century.

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Multiple federal judges blocked the order, sending the case to #SCOTUS for oral arguments last week. US Solicitor ​General D. John Sauer, representing the #Trump ⁠administration, claimed automatic citizenship had encouraged “a sprawling industry of birth tourism.”

Sauer claimed the promise of #citizenship for those born in the #US had encouraged thousands of people from “potentially hostile nations” to come to give birth….

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