A new congressional bill proposal seeks to prevent pregnant women who are noncitizens from entering America.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision in Trump v. Barbara, struck down a President Donald Trump executive order that sought to outlaw birthright citizenship. With this ruling, noncitizens who give birth in America will continue to have their children become American citizens regardless of whether they have any ties to the country.
“Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause,” the ruling said.
After the Court’s decision, Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) introduced the Anchors Away Act, which would prevent pregnant foreign nationals from coming into America on a nonimmigrant visa.
The bill would also limit birthright citizenship and change U.S. law so that a baby born in America would only receive automatic American citizenship if a parent is a citizen, holds a green card, or is lawfully present while serving in the U.S. military.
Ogles called the Court’s decision “not only a betrayal of American sovereignty, but a direct attack on our national security.”
“Because of birthright citizenship, foreigners are being born on our soil, groomed by communists and globalists, and embedded into our society. They are running for OUR political offices. They are collecting American benefits. And they are actively colonizing our country,” he said on social media.
“No more anchor babies,” he added. “Save our sovereignty.”
Ogles also said on social media that the people who wrote the “14th Amendment made it pretty clear: birthright citizenship is NOT in the text of the Amendment.”
“It does not take a law degree to figure that out. SCOTUS failed. Congress must act. Anchors Away!” the representative noted.
In addition to this bill, Ogles introduced the Remigration Act last week, which would revoke naturalized citizenship from people who are found guilty of fraud, providing material support for designated foreign terrorist organizations, and certain serious federal crimes.
These individuals’ citizenship would need to be revoked within 10 years of naturalization.
The bill includes the same provision as the Anchors Away Act regarding the definition of birthright citizenship.
On top of all this, the bill would create an Asylum and Refugee Status Review Task Force to review asylum grants and refugee admissions issued during the Biden administration.
The bill would also revoke immigration status from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen who have entered the United States in the last decade.
Any foreign national in America on a nonimmigrant visa would lose legal status if convicted of a felony, a misdemeanor punishable by significant jail time, or a crime already designated for deportation, the bill says.
The federal government would be able, under the bill, to deport noncitizens if they express anti-American beliefs that threaten national security or public safety.
An English-language requirement for citizenship would be required of people seeking to become naturalized citizens in America, according to the bill.
Furthermore, the bill would require parents who lose their citizenship to have their children, regardless of whether they are born in America, to be deported with them. Children can stay in America if the other parent is an American citizen and wants to maintain custody.
“America is not a dumping ground for criminals, terrorists, fraudsters, or people who hate our country,” said Ogles. “If you abuse our generosity, break our laws, or threaten our people, you should be sent home.”
“Citizenship should mean something. Assimilation should mean something. This bill puts Americans first and restores sovereignty to our immigration system,” he added.
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Zachery Schmidt is the digital editor of The Star News Network. Email tips to Zachery at [email protected].
