BACK OFF Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4501 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4501 To bar aliens from admission to the United States to give birth on United States soil or remaining in the United States to undermine the sovereignty of the United States through birth tourism. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 12, 2026 Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To bar aliens from admission to the United States to give birth on United States soil or remaining in the United States to undermine the sovereignty of the United States through birth tourism. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. This Act may be cited as the ``Barring American Citizenship by Keeping Out Foreign Fraudsters'' or the ``BACK OFF Act''. SEC. 2. GROUNDS FOR INADMISSIBILITY TO, AND REMOVAL FROM THE UNITED STATES FOR ENGAGING IN BIRTH TOURISM. (a) Grounds of Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(F)) is amended to read as follows: ``(F) Aliens undermining the sovereignty of united states through birth tourism.-- ``(i) In general.--Any alien convicted of, who admits to having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of, an offense described in section 274E, 274F, or 275(e) or an offense described in section 1546A of title 18, United States Code, is inadmissible. ``(ii) Birth tourism.--An alien is inadmissible if such alien-- ``(I)(aa) is not lawfully admitted to the United States as a permanent resident; or ``(bb) has not lawfully maintained lawful permanent resident status (such status not having been abandoned, r