Rep. Randy Fine Proposes 10-25 Year Birth Tourism Penalties After Supreme Court Ruling
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 22
Rep. Randy Fine Proposes 10-25 Year Birth Tourism Penalties After Supreme Court Ruling
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 22
Summary
A new House GOP bill would jail noncitizens and non-permanent residents for 10 to 25 years if they travel to the U.S. solely to give birth or help others do so.
Rep. Randy Fine said the proposal was triggered by the Supreme Court's late-June decision reaffirming birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment, which his bill does not try to overturn.
The measure would also criminalize lying about that purpose at entry and require a federal judge to issue a deportation order against the parents, aiming to deter so-called birth tourism.
Birthright citizenship remains broadly protected and politically contested: supporters call it a core equality principle, while a June Reuters/Ipsos poll found 55% opposed ending it and 41% supported doing so.