No expectant moms at the border: Trump's birthright Plan B

After the Supreme Court blocked President Trump's attempt to strip birthright citizenship from children born in the U.S., according to Axios, his administration is pursuing a new strategy: restricting entry to pregnant foreign women. The Justice Department is urging prosecutors to investigate birth tourism — the practice of foreign nationals traveling to America specifically to give birth and secure U.S. citizenship for their children. The government estimates this happens between twenty thousand and twenty-six thousand times annually, though for context, three point six million babies were born in America in twenty twenty-five. Trump advisor Stephen Miller said the country must "think very carefully" about who enters, even temporarily, because noncitizen births can eventually access the social safety net. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin agreed the issue deserves scrutiny. It's a notable pivot after the court's Tuesday ruling rejected Trump's executive order. And there's an ironic twist: several U.S. World Cup team players, including striker Folarin Balogun, would be ineligible to represent America without the birthright citizenship law the administration is now trying to sidestep.

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