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In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday to preserve birthright citizenship rights outlined in the 14th Amendment, White House advisor Stephen Miller suggested that the Trump administration may consider barring pregnant tourists or immigrants from entering the U.S. at all.

Miller, deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security to President Donald Trump, spoke to Fox News’s Jesse Watters hours after the ruling was rendered

“You have to now think very carefully about who you let into your country, even on a temporary basis,” Miller said in response to a question on how the U.S. can “crack down” on so-called “birth tourism.”

Miller claimed on the program that pregnant women are coming to the U.S., having children, and leaving their children in the U.S. while they return to their countries, supposedly so they can collect welfare checks from their child. After being prompted by Watters, Miller indicated that the administration is considering banning pregnant women from visiting the U.S.

“There’s a lot of things we’re going to have to take a hard look at,” Miller said.

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The administration has already taken steps to, at the very least, increase scrutiny of pregnant people traveling to the U.S., as the Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly directed federal prosecutors to prioritize the supposed problem of birth tourism.

The DOJ “will zealously protect the sanctity of ​United States citizenship by investigating and prosecuting those who fraudulently exploit our immigration system,” a memo from the........

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