U.S. Congress advances multiple bills to curb birth tourism and birthright citizenship

Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate have introduced several bills aimed at ending birth tourism and limiting birthright citizenship in the United States and its territories. Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia and Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee introduced the Ban Birth Tourism Act of 2026, which would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make foreign nationals who travel primarily to give birth inadmissible and to treat birth tourism as a deportable offense. The bill cites an estimate of roughly 33,000 children born each year to birth tourists.

Rep. Brandon Gill and Sen. Jim Banks unveiled the Citizenship Act of 2026, proposing to label illegal‑alien birth tourists as “invaders” and to exclude their children from birthright citizenship. A similar effort was presented by Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia with the End Birthright Citizenship for the Territories Act, targeting automatic citizenship in Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

These proposals follow a recent Supreme Court decision that blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship while affirming the constitutional right to citizenship for those born on U.S. soil. Lawmakers argue the measures are needed to close perceived loopholes and protect the integrity of American citizenship.