Expectant mothers from China, Russia, and other nations often come to the United States to give birth and thereby gain U.S. citizenship for their children even though it is against the law, according to a new Senate report.
“This report exposes an industry abusing U.S. birthright citizenship by helping foreign nationals buy U.S. citizenship for their children,” said Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), the ranking Republican on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs (SCHSGA).
“Birth tourism short circuits and demeans the U.S. naturalization process by monetizing the privilege of U.S. citizenship sometimes even at American taxpayers’ expense,” Portman said in a statement accompanying the public release of the report that was prepared by Republican staff investigators on the SCHSGA….