New Delhi, July 2 -- The US Justice Department is now targeting 'birth tourism schemes' after the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States.

After the setback in the court, the US Department of Justice has redirected its policies to target women who solely come to the US to give birth so their child will automatically be a citizen.

Justice Department official Colin McDonald told employees in a memo that people who come to the US under "false pretenses" to give birth and secure citizenship for their child could be criminally charged under laws barring visa fraud, money laundering, identity theft and wire fraud.

"Birth tourism" refers to when pregnant foreign nationals...