President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo reviews new U.S. actions against maternity tourism as the administration seeks to control migration.
President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced that her government will review the scope of new actions taken by the administration to curb 'maternity tourism.' This move follows an aggressive executive order by President Trump to restrict automatic citizenship by birth for children of foreign women who travel to the U.S. solely to gain a legal benefit for their descendants. While the administration claims the Fourteenth Amendment does not protect those not fully 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the U.S., the Supreme Court blocked the initial attempt to replace the constitutional guarantee of citizenship for all newborns on U.S. soil. President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo noted that the situation is not massive and described the measure as a way to control migration. The administration's decree instructs federal agencies to no longer recognize automatic citizenship for newborns when the mother lacks legal presence and the father is not a citizen or resident. This policy shift reflects a broader hardening of immigration rules under the administration, including stricter asylum restrictions and massive deportations.