DOJ to Step Up 'Birth Tourism' Prosecutions Despite Supreme Court Ruling, Blanche Says
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- A day after the Supreme Court preserved the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, the Justice Department made clear it was not finished fighting. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters Wednesday that federal prosecutors and law enforcement partners would be refocused on targeting "birth tourism" - the practice of foreign nationals traveling to the United States specifically to give birth and secure American citizenship for their child.
"It's a booming industry and it will continue, given this Supreme Court ruling yesterday," Blanche said. He argued that anyone who travels to the United States with the deliberate purpose of giving birth for citizenship is violating existing law, and that the de...
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