Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla) is pushing to close a ‘loophole’ for illegal migrants by introducing a bill that would end “unqualified” and automatic birthright citizenship for children whose parents are not lawful citizens of the United States.
The bill, known as End Birthright Citizenship Fraud Act of 2023, would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act so as to reflect the “original intent of the 14th Amendment’s ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof’ clause.”
The bill argues the loophole has permitted “an entire black market” of birth tourism, whereby an average of 33,000 women per year come to the United States in order to give birth and claim citizenship via their “anchor babies.” Former President Donald Trump has also highlighted the misuse of the original legislation and has promised to address it upon his first day back in the White House.
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