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U.S. NEWS Thursday 23 January 2020

U.S. to impose visas restrictions for pregnant women

By MATTHEW LEE and COL- anonymity. The rules would is considered a citizen, un-
LEEN LONG make it more difficult for der the Constitution. He has
Associated Press pregnant women to travel railed against the practice
WASHINGTON (AP) — The on tourist visas. In one draft and threatened to end it,
Trump administration is of the regulations, they but scholars and members
coming out with new visa would have to clear an of his administration have
restrictions aimed at re- additional hurdle before said it's not so easy to do.
stricting "birth tourism," in obtaining the visas — con- Regulating tourist visas for
which women travel to the vincing a consular officer pregnant women is one
U.S. to give birth so their that they have another le- way to get at the issue, but
children can have a cov- gitimate reason to come to it raises questions about
eted U.S. passport. the U.S. how officers would deter-
The State Department The Trump administration mine whether a woman
planned to publicize the has been restricting all is pregnant to begin with,
rules Thursday, accord- forms of immigration, but and whether a woman
ing to two officials with the president has been could get turned away by
knowledge of the plans particularly plagued by the border officers who suspect In this Sept. 2017 file photo, a flag is waved outside the White
who spoke to The Associ- issue of birthright citizenship she may be just by looking House, in Washington.
ated Press on condition of — anyone born in the U.S. at her. q Associated Press