Senator Jim Banks's proposed Citizenship Act seeks to redefine birthright citizenship laws by targeting illegal immigrants and birth tourists as "invaders," following a recent Supreme Court ruling.
Senator Jim Banks’s proposed Citizenship Act seeks to redefine birthright citizenship laws by targeting illegal immigrants and birth tourists as “invaders,” following a recent Supreme Court ruling. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) announced the introduction of the Citizenship Act, which aims to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants and birth tourists by defining their parents as “invaders” under federal law. This comes after a Supreme Court ruling in the Trump v. Barbara case left the door open for Congress to make legislative changes to federal birthright citizenship laws. DETAIL: Banks’s legislation builds on Justice Brett Kavanaugh ‘s partial concurrence in the Barbara case,…Open