BAN Act

This bill defines "birth tourism" in federal immigration law as a non-citizen visiting the United States mainly to give birth to a child who has no U.S. national parent, excluding medical treatment approved case by case by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. It would bar entry to non-citizens seeking admission for birth tourism, and to family members who knowingly take part in or help with it. Immigration officers would consider factors such as whether a person is in the third trimester or expects to give birth during the planned stay. The bill would also create federal crimes, with up to 10 years in prison, for hiding a pregnancy or misstating facts to enter for birth tourism and for running or promoting a business that arranges birth tourism, and would let federal courts order removal at sentencing.

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Sponsors

• John W. Rose Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors