Birth tourism is a lucrative business in both the U.S. and abroad. American companies take out advertisements and charge up to $80,000 to facilitate the practice, offering hotel rooms and medical care. Many of the women travel from Russia and China
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No, they are not. The clause is:
The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment states that [a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
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So they will just lie about their "primary" reason to visit the US. How are consular officers going to determine what is what?
Shut it down! There is no constitutional right to USA citizenship just for being born on American soil. Indeed the framers of the Constitution wrote it very carefully to make this clear.
Great, it should be for ILLEGALS retroactive to January 1, 2000...
This is the WRONG freakin answer!
The CORRECT answer is that unless at least one parent is a U.S. Citizen, NOT permanent resident, student, tourist, or border jumper, the kid DOES NOT get automatic citizenship!
Should be retroactive but that’s not going to happen.
Make the %$#! correction TODAY!
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What about men and non-binaries coming to give birth?
Another question regards these “Medical necessity” visas.
How many of these cases are truly necessary and how many fail to leave?
Make them post a significant bond to ensure this is not used as a scam for illegal entry.
Cannot afford that?
Too bad, get care in your own country.
After all, we train thousands of foreign medical students at our universities every year.
Surely at least a few of them do return home to help their own nations citizens?
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