TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 30, 2015

Babies born in the United States to noncitizen parents would no longer be automatically granted citizenship under a proposal debated at a congressional hearing yesterday, the Tennessean reports. The House Subcommittee on Immigration held a hearing on so-called “birthright citizenship” as well as the issue of “birth tourism,” which refers to pregnant women from other countries who travel to America to deliver their children. Tennessee representatives Phil Roe, Scott DesJarlais and John Duncan have signed on to legislation to limit citizenship.