TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 23, 2025

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, on Tuesday introduced a bill that would modify existing immigration law to make individuals ineligible for entry if they intend to come to the United States for the purpose of giving birth to obtain citizenship for their child. “Foreign nationals have been exploiting our nation’s immigration laws for far too long, taking advantage of the system to come to the United States for the sole purpose of giving birth to obtain U.S. citizenship for their children,” Blackburn said in a press release. Blackburn’s bill, called the Ban Birth Tourism Act, comes just after the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments related to former President Donald Trump’s executive order that aimed to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States without at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident.