The Trump administration has taken a drastic step toward further enacting its virulent anti-immigration platform
Photo: Sharon Dominick/Getty Images The Trump administration just took a drastic step toward further enacting its virulent anti-immigration platform. According to diplomatic cables obtained by Vox, the State Department is instructing American embassies to start denying visas to people they suspect may be traveling to the U.S. to give birth for citizenship reasons.
The guidance, which goes into effect on January 24, prohibits officers from asking visa applicants if they are pregnant or intend to become pregnant. However, it also states: “If you have reason to believe the applicant will give birth during their stay in the United States, you are required to presume that giving birth for the purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship is the applicant’s primary purpose of travel.
Additionally, the new order will require all visa applicants who are seeking medical treatment in the U.S. to prove to officers, who aren’t medical experts, that they have both “the means and the intent to pay for all treatment-related costs.” If they cannot do so, their application could be denied. One State Department official who requested anonymity told Vox, chillingly, “People will die because of this.
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