Cornyn announced he will introduce the BACK OFF Act to stop birth tourism, including making participants inadmissible or deportable and penalizing facilitators of birth-tourism rings.
Introduce the BACK OFF Act to end birth tourism by making birth-tourism participants inadmissible or deportable and penalizing facilitators of birth-tourism rings.
Occurrences
Cornyn to Introduce Bill to End Birth Tourism, Protect America’s Sovereignty; Cornyn on New Bill to End Birth Tourism, Protect America’s Sovereignty
Evidence
Chron reported Cornyn promoted “My Barring American Citizenship by Keeping Out Foreign Fraudsters (BACK OFF) Act,” which he said would “put a stop to the practice of birth tourism by adversaries like China and Russia.”
The Houston Chronicle reported that Cornyn used the birthright-citizenship ruling to tout legislation intended to stop birth tourism by foreign countries he described as U.S. adversaries.
The executive order addressed birthright citizenship for children born when a mother was unlawfully present or lawfully but temporarily present in the United States and the father was not a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.
Assessments
Cornyn publicly promoted a named BACK OFF Act proposal aimed at birth tourism, including making birth-tourism-related conduct grounds for immigration consequences, during his current Senate term. However, the available evidence is secondary reporting and does not establish that the bill was formally introduced in Congress or enacted, while the 2025 executive order was a separate presidential action and does not fulfill Cornyn's specific promise. This supports credit for advancing the proposal, but not full delivery of the promised introduction/outcome.