BACK OFF Act

This bill would make non-citizens who are not lawful permanent residents inadmissible to, or deportable from, the United States if officials judge they are seeking to give birth in the U.S. so the child gets citizenship, or are likely to give birth within 10 months of entry. It would require women of childbearing age applying for visitor visas to get a medical exam on whether they are likely to give birth during their stay, and allow temporary detention for such exams. It would set up fast-track removal orders reviewed by an immigration judge within 7 days, bar court review of those decisions, and pause visas for countries that refuse to take back removed people. It would create new crimes, with prison terms of at least 10 years, for helping people travel to or stay in the U.S. to give birth for citizenship purposes, and set up a task force within the Department of Homeland Security.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• John Cornyn Republican sponsor
• 3 cosponsors