[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1812 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1812

    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the 
 inadmissibility of certain aliens seeking citizenship for children by 
       giving birth in the United States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2025

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the 
 inadmissibility of certain aliens seeking citizenship for children by 
       giving birth in the United States, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ban Birth Tourism Act''.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY OF ALIENS SEEKING CITIZENSHIP FOR CHILDREN BY 
              GIVING BIRTH IN THE UNITED STATES.

    Section 212(a)(10) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(10)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) Aliens seeking citizenship for children by 
                giving birth in the united states.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Any alien seeking 
                        admission to the United States as a 
                        nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(B) for 
                        the primary purpose of obtaining United States 
                        citizenship for a child by giving birth to such 
                        child in the United States is inadmissible.
                            ``(ii) Rule of construction.--Nothing in 
                        this subparagraph may be construed to render 
                        inadmissible an alien seeking legitimate 
                        medical treatment relating to childbirth if 
                        obtaining citizenship for the child is not the 
                        primary purpose for seeking admission.''.
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