Trump gives limiting birthright citizenship another try
If at first you don’t succeed, try try:
President Trump is signing two Executive Orders to protect the meaning and value of American citizenship after Trump v. Barbara:
The executive orders,Continuing to Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship and Ending Birth Tourism, limit the scope, targeting future births in four categories:
– Either parent of that person is an alien enemy, defined to include any member of a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
– Either parent is a foreign government employee working on behalf of a foreign government.
– Person is born in a territory or territorial waters of the United States where citizenship is not conferred by Federal statute.
– The entry of any foreign national into the United States via a nonimmigrant visa for the purpose of giving birth on American soil or any effort by any foreign national to facilitate the entry of any foreign national into the United States via a nonimmigrant visa for the purpose of giving birth on American soil.
I haven’t a clue how this would fare in a Court challenge. Legislation would do better, I think, but is probably impossible to pass at this point. Jonathan Turley gives his opinion here:
I will add that I believe that part of the goal is to simply discourage birth tourism, to maker it an iffier, more difficult, and more costly process. This might make the numbers go down significantly.
Birthright citizenship is something which has to end, BAMN.
Birthright citizenship was fine when the USA was a low population-density country with many self-sufficient small farmers. But no longer. It’s gotta end. But Democrats oppose its ending; why?
The GOP in the House and Senate should create a bill and make the Democrats vote on it. Then use the votes against them in November.
Birthright citizenship is only a problem because democrats and RINOs like Thune are perpetuating it. Which makes the democrats ‘mostly peaceful’ seditionists and the RINOs supporters of oligarchy.
End the filibuster, pass the SAVE ACT. Since the democrats will do so at their first opportunity, passage of the SAVE ACT is the best way to deter the left from using voter fraud to return to power. Then in a republican dominated Congress, pass new laws that hamstring the left even more.
Delenda est DSA!
As the DSA’s platform declares their treason. And though, absent force treason doesn’t quite apply, that IS what lies in the hearts of those American ‘citizens’ who hate not just America but the Constitution itself. Communism and Islam are entirely antithetical to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. Treat them as the mortal enemies that they themselves have declared themselves to be.
Women of child-bearing years may not receive a visa from certain countries, probably.
First of all, even Wikipedia admits that birth tourism exists, and often involves visa fraud, which is a crime in and of itself.
On top of that, there are already rules and regulations about gaming the system which making birth tourism illegal.
Why are the Democrats always so upset when the President, as Chief Executive, actually enforces the laws already on the books?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_tourism
Oddly, although they mention several examples of Immigration enforcing and deporting some pregnant “tourists” (including in the Obama years), the editors only give this one example of the business itself.
It’s definitely “a thing.”
https://www.globalcitizensolutions.com/birth-tourism/
Information from a law office, because it’s hard to dig out at Wikipedia.
https://www.lawsb.com/giving-birth-in-usa-on-tourist-visa/
Plus, omitting to follow these regulations could cause problems, IF they are ever enforced.
This is the critical section, but the office helpfully includes tips for using their services:
I think this ends up struck down, too. All but one of the categories refer to people who are subject to the jurisdiction thereof.
And the State Department already should not be issuing visas to pregnant women they believe are participating in birth tourism.
The constitution is clear on this. If we want to change who is eligible for birthright citizenship we need to pass a law, not issue executive orders.
Perhaps the EO’s move the Overton window some I suppose.
@ Variant > “Perhaps the EO’s move the Overton window some I suppose.”
That is the Leftist playbook.
Every step they took for decades was “just make this little change; surely no one can object to that?” and suddenly look where we are (just like going bankrupt, as Hemingway wrote).
Legislation is better, but it can be ignored or repealed.
Keeping Constitutional conservatives on the Supreme Court is essential, and getting more of them on the lower courts is imperative.