Sponsor
Randy Fine
Representative · R-FL
Representative · R-FL
The bill strengthens and speeds criminal enforcement against false birth-intent claims and enables immediate removal at sentencing, improving enforcement clarity and efficiency at the cost of greater criminalization of pregnant travelers, reduced immigration due process, and higher enforcement costs.
Immigrants convicted under the new offense can be ordered removed immediately at sentencing, accelerating enforcement and reducing time in post-conviction custody.
Immigrants and parents/families: the bill creates a distinct federal crime for falsely claiming intent to give birth in the U.S. to obtain admission, clarifying prosecutorial authority and enabling targeted prosecutions.
Pregnant noncitizens (and parents/families) who travel to the U.S. risk criminal prosecution and mandatory removal—even when seeking medical care—raising legal and medical vulnerability.
Immigrants: allowing removal orders at sentencing short-circuits standard removal proceedings and appeals, reducing immigration due process and opportunities for judicial review.
Federal employees and local governments: the measure likely increases criminal enforcement workload, prosecutions, detentions, and administrative costs for DOJ and immigration agencies.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Adds a crime to 18 U.S.C. § 1546 for entering the U.S. to give birth when parents are not U.S. nationals or LPRs and allows judges to order removal at sentencing.
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish birth tourism as an offense, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 22, 2026 by Randy Fine · Last progress July 22, 2026
Creates a new federal crime for noncitizens who enter the United States to give birth when the parents are not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. It also lets district courts include an order of removal (deportation) as part of the sentence for anyone convicted under the new offense. The bill amends the federal immigration-fraud statute (18 U.S.C. § 1546) to add this specific misrepresentation/offense and makes small punctuation edits to accommodate the insertion. No new spending programs or effective date are specified in the text provided.