WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Tim Scott issued the following press release:
Following Tuesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship (Trump v. Barbara), U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) announced he will be introducing new legislation to end the "birth tourism" industry once and for all.
"The cheapening of American citizenship must end," said Sen. Scott. "It is a privilege and an honor to be a citizen of this nation, so the insanity of the birth tourism industry must end."
Sen. Scott continued, "For too long, wealthy adversaries and those who have no interest in seeing the United States flourish have perverted our system. A whole industry exists in China that has assisted more than 1 million Chine...