US Embassy in India on Thursday, posted on X stating US consular officers will deny tourist visa applications if they believe the primary purpose of travel is to give birth in the United States to obtain citizenship for the child clarifying that this is not permitted.

This falls under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution which has long been interpreted as guaranteeing citizenship for babies born in the United States.

The amendment's Citizenship Clause states that all \"persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.\" The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 in the aftermath of the Civil War of 1861-1865 that ended slavery in the United States. However, US President Dona

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