The White House on Saturday revisited President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting so-called “birth tourism,” highlighting remarks by Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller that the practice had been banned.
In an image quote posted on its X account on Saturday, the White House quoted Miller as saying, “That practice of birth tourism is, as of the signing of this order, hereby banned.
“What that means is that no one in the world is anymore allowed to obtain a visa for this fraudulent purpose.”
Miller described the measure as one of the Trump administration’s most significant actions.
He said, “I would put this in the top 3 in terms of importance because it ends what has been one of the gravest and most egregious abuses of the American system.”
PUNCH Online reports that what the Trump administration refers to as birth tourism refers to the practice of foreign nationals travelling to the United States with the intention of giving birth there so their child can obtain US citizenship.
PUNCH Online had earlier reported the development under the headline, “Trump signs order targeting birth tourism,” following Trump’s signing of two executive orders on Thursday targeting birthright citizenship, including one directed at what his administration describes as “birth tourism.”
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According to ABC News on Friday, the orders came after the US Supreme Court struck down Trump’s earlier attempt to end birthright citizenship through an executive order signed on the first day of his second term.
Asked how the government would distinguish between a tourist and a “birth tourist,” Miller said the administration was relying on provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
“If you’re telling a consular officer you’re here as a tourist, but your true purpose and intent is to go to a baby mill, give birth and try to mint an American citizen while you’re here and you’re committing a fraud against the American government,” Miller said.
He added, “So that practice of birth tourism is, as of the signing of this order, hereby banned.
“And what that means is that no one in the world is any more allowed to obtain a visa for this fraudulent purpose.”
Trump has said that “hundreds of thousands” of people are taking advantage of birth tourism.
However, ABC News reported that Solicitor General John Sauer gave a different response when Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts questioned him about the practice during oral arguments in April.
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