(The Center Square) – Texas Republicans are blasting the U.S. Supreme Court for ruling on Tuesday that the 14th Amendment citizenship clause applies to children born in the U.S. after the mother illegally entered the country.
The ruling is considered a major blow to the Trump administration and to law enforcement currently combatting extensive “birth tourism” criminal networks. The networks orchestrate illegal entry and visa fraud to facilitate foreign national women giving birth in the U.S. and are also connected to extensive welfare fraud, investigators have found. Prosecutions span from California to Texas to the Northern Mariana Islands.
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