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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the inadmissibility of certain aliens seeking citizenship for children by giving birth in the United States, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill amends immigration law to classify certain foreign nationals as inadmissible if their primary purpose for entering the United States as a visitor is to give birth and obtain U.S. citizenship for their child. The law does not apply to aliens who are seeking legitimate medical treatment for childbirth, provided that obtaining citizenship for the child is not their primary purpose of entry.
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- May 20, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- May 20, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 20, 2025
Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the inadmissibility of certain aliens seeking citizenship for children by giving birth in the United States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Ban Birth Tourism Act”.
SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY OF ALIENS SEEKING CITIZENSHIP FOR CHILDREN BY GIVING BIRTH IN THE UNITED STATES.
Section 212(a)(10) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(F) Aliens seeking citizenship for children by giving birth in the united states.—
“(i) In general.—Any alien seeking admission to the United States as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(B) for the primary purpose of obtaining United States citizenship for a child by giving birth to such child in the United States is inadmissible.
“(ii) Rule of construction.—Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed to render inadmissible an alien seeking legitimate medical treatment relating to childbirth if obtaining citizenship for the child is not the primary purpose for seeking admission.”. <all>
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