Birthright Citizenship Under Fire | Texas News

Texas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 9, 2026 · 1m

Congressman John McGuire’s new bill, the Birthright Citizenship Clarification Act of 2026, seeks to end automatic citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal status or on temporary visas, targeting “birth tourism” and tightening immigration enforcement. The proposal would deny citizenship if the mother is unlawfully present and the father isn’t a citizen or permanent resident — or if the mother is on certain visas without qualifying fatherly residency. Backed by claims that Supreme Court justices have questioned birthright citizenship and that Congress holds the legal…