DHS' Markwayne Mullin Shuts Birth Tourism Loophole for Chinese

Mariane Angela : Oct 27, 2026
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[Breitbart.com] Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is suspending a Biden-era program that allowed Chinese nationals to visit the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa, according to a federal notice filed Monday. ... Mullin's decision follows an April 22 letter from Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Rick Scott (R-FL), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who urged him and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to end the program. The senators argued that the policy encouraged birth tourism, by which foreign nationals travel to the United States to give birth so their children can obtain US citizenship... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via X-Homeland Security)