Pregnant, Not American? Trump's Birthright Order Cancelled, But a New Move Is Underway
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After the Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order, Republican Rep. Andy Ogles has proposed the "Anchor Away Act" targeting birth tourism and automatic citizenship.
By Pranjal Gupta
New Delhi, July 2: He could not control the fate of those born on American soil. Now, party leaders are making a move to ban the entry of women bearing children in the United States. President Donald J. Trump faced a massive setback, with the Supreme Court striking down his birthright citizenship order, which rejected US citizenship for any child born on US soil. A member of his political party, Republican Party, has shared Plan B, which would reject tourist permits for pregnant women who are not US residents.
The proposal is called the "Anchor Away Act," said Rep. Andy Ogles, adding that, "So if you are pregnant, and you don't have one of those statuses (legal citizenship or a Green Card), no admittance allowed," the congressman said to the camera, as if pointing at pregnant women planning to visit the US, in a video on X.
According to Ogles, Plan B would amend the current law, adopted after the Civil War, that grants citizenship automatically to a baby born in the US.
"All persons born or naturalised in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside," states the 14th Amendment.
Ogles said, "I refuse to let these anchor babies colonise our country. Save our sovereignty. Anchors away!" reported Fox News.
According to his Anchor Away Act, for a child to be considered under US jurisdiction, one of the parents must be:
"a citizen or national of the United States,"
"an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States whose residence is in the United States," or
"an alien with lawful status under the immigration laws performing active service in the armed forces (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code)."
