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.
Don't African-Americans realize that thanks to various factors they are on the low end of the economic totem pole and that the immigrants, legal or illegal, will undercut them. BernieSanders said the same thing.
Smart move. Dangerous to travel when they're 9 months pregnant. Safety first
Birth tourism is the practice of traveling to another country for the purpose of giving birth in that country. The main reason for birth tourism is to obtain citizenship for the child in a country with birthright citizenship. Wikipedia
Has Trump excluded Russian women from this? Are these ladies exempt? How about China? Check this out.
This is not what I signed up for.
To be fair, our nation’s greatest threat right now comes from a giant baby.
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