As the United States Senate plunges headlong into the impeachment trial, this week, of President Donald J. Trump, the White House is readying new prophylactic measures to block birth tourism. The State Department plans to push new visa guidelines to prevent expectant mothers from entering the country to give birth on US soil in order to deliver a freshly stamped American “passport baby.”
Some critics point out that traveling to the US while pregnant is perfectly legal. Meanwhile, the 14th amendment of the US Constitution grants citizenship, with narrow exceptions, to babies born on the American side of the border. It is, however, illegal to lie on a visa applica ...