The US reaffirmed that visa applications will be denied if travel its intention is found to be childbirth in the United States to obtain citizenship.

US on Thursday reiterated that tourist visa applications will be denied if officers believe the primary purpose of the travel is to give birth in the United States in a bid to obtain US citizenship for the child.

This is not permitted, the US embassy in India wrote on X on Thursday.

US President Donald Trump on January 20 signed an order to end birthright citizenship , which grants citizenship on everyone born on American soil.

Birthright citizenship was the first Trump immigration-related policy to reach the US Supreme Court for a final ruling. The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up the constitutionality of Trump's order on

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