Sponsor
Andy Ogles
Representative · R-TN
Representative · R-TN
The bill replaces broad birthright citizenship with narrower, date‑bound rules and tighter admission standards (including limits on pregnant noncitizen admissions), improving clarity for officials but removing automatic citizenship for some children and creating large legal, administrative, health, and economic risks for affected families.
People born in the United States before the law takes effect keep their U.S. citizenship, avoiding retroactive loss of status.
Immigration agencies and officials have clearer, date‑bounded rules about who is covered by the law (who is 'subject to the jurisdiction' and which births/applications the rule applies to), reducing ambiguity for processing admissions and citizenship claims going forward.
Immigration authorities gain a clearer basis to deny admission to certain pregnant noncitizen applicants (those not married to U.S. citizens), giving consular officers and border agents an enforcement tool to prevent birth tourism.
Children born in the U.S. after enactment to parents who do not meet the specified immigration statuses would no longer automatically receive birthright citizenship, putting their legal status at risk.
The change to birthright citizenship will likely trigger widespread constitutional litigation over the 14th Amendment, creating years of legal uncertainty and costs for courts, governments, and affected people.
Children denied automatic citizenship could face long‑term economic and social harms (restricted access to federal benefits, education, work authorization), imposing costs on families and communities.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Limits birthright citizenship to children whose parents are U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents residing in the U.S., or active-duty service members, and bars most pregnant unmarried nonimmigrants from admission.
Changes who is eligible for U.S. birthright citizenship by defining "subject to the jurisdiction" based on a parent’s legal status, and bars most pregnant noncitizen nonimmigrant applicants who are unmarried to U.S. citizens from admission. The law applies to people born and admission applications submitted on or after its enactment date, preserves citizenship for those born before enactment, and includes severability language.
Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify the classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth and to provide for the inadmissibility of pregnant aliens who are not married to citizens of the United States seeking admission as nonimmigrants, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 30, 2026 by Andy Ogles · Last progress June 30, 2026