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US president cracks down on birth tourism
President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders aimed at reducing American citizenship grants to those born within U.S. territory and tightening restrictions on visitor visas for women seeking to give birth in order to obtain citizenship. The right to citizenship by birth dates back to after the American Civil War to abolish slavery, but it has been significantly misused for commercial gain, something Trump seeks to eliminate. These measures are part of the administration’s efforts to curb tourist migration for the purpose of giving birth, following the U.S. Supreme Court's previous ruling that expanded these restrictions. They are also part of Trump's stricter immigration crackdown. There is no federal law explicitly banning birth tourism, but a regulation from 2020 criminalizes the use of visas for the purpose of gaining citizenship, with violators potentially facing charges of fraud or related crimes.
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