To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the inadmissibility of certain aliens seeking citizenship for children by giving birth in the United States, and for other purposes.
Key claim: HR9919 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render certain aliens inadmissible when they seek U.S. citizenship for children by giving birth in the United States.
Abstract
(HR9919 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2026-07-23): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Why this matters
The bill illustrates a shift in the birthright-citizenship debate from redefining the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause to using immigration admissibility rules to deter ‘birth tourism.’ For affected groups — pregnant noncitizens seeking U.S. entry and mixed-status families — the practical effect would be increased visa scrutiny and potential bars to entry based on intent, even though the citizenship status of any child actually born in the U.S. would not be directly altered by this bill.