{"id":59691,"date":"2020-01-24T16:39:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T08:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59691"},"modified":"2020-01-24T16:39:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T08:39:05","slug":"no-more-birth-tourism-united-states-limits-visas-to-pregnant-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59691","title":{"rendered":"No more birth tourism: United States limits visas to pregnant women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/KSnfXX99SB3BvQH6XaAVeBo-XDU=\/0x0:1920x1080\/1920x1080\/2020\/01\/19\/1579450175734.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of a woman holding a baby wrapped in an American flag\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; In the latest immigration control measure, the United States said it would no longer issue temporary visitor visas to pregnant women seeking to enter the country for so-called \u201cbirth tourism.\u201d<br><br>In announcing the rule change, which takes effect Friday, the White House said foreigners were using the visas \u201cto secure automatic and permanent American citizenship for their children by giving birth on American soil.\u201d<br><br>\u201cThe integrity of American citizenship must be protected,\u201d it said in a statement.<br><br>Calling the practice \u201ca glaring immigration loophole,\u201d the White House argued the crackdown on \u201cbirth tourism\u201d was for public safety and national security as well as immigration control.<br><br>\u201cThe birth tourism industry threatens to overburden valuable hospital resources and is rife with criminal activity, as reflected in federal prosecution.\u201d<br><br>The US constitution guarantees automatic American citizenship to anyone born on US soil.<br><br>US President Donald Trump has made restricting immigration a top priority of his administration, and has threatened in the past to abolish birthright citizenship. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; In the latest immigration control measure, the United States said it would no longer issue temporary visitor visas to pregnant women seeking to enter the country for so-called \u201cbirth tourism.\u201d In announcing the rule change, which takes effect Friday, the White House said foreigners were using the visas \u201cto secure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59691"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}