Grand Theft America / Receipt power-2026-07-01-141
The acting attorney general redirects prosecutors to 'birth tourism' a day after the Supreme Court ruling
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said federal prosecutors and law enforcement officers would focus on combating so-called "birth tourism," a day after the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, and the assistant attorney general for the national fraud division directed Justice Department staff by office-wide memo to bring fraud charges in alleged birth-tourism cases.
What happened
Blanche told reporters that what the Justice Department has to do is "make sure our agents, our [Homeland Security Investigations] agents that we work with, and the FBI are focused on stopping that." Shortly after the court's last ruling of its current term, the assistant attorney general for the national fraud division directed department staff, in an office-wide memo, to bring fraud charges in alleged cases of birth tourism. Colin McDonald wrote that the Department of Justice "will zealously protect the sanctity of United States citizenship by investigating and prosecuting those who fraudulently exploit our immigration system."
Why it matters
A merits loss at the Supreme Court did not end the effort to narrow birthright citizenship; it moved the instrument from an executive order to the charging decision, which no court has yet reviewed.
Receipt details
- Phase 5
- Lock in power
- Redefine citizenship by decree
