Washington: America has intensified its whoopee versus 'birth tourism'. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that in the last month, visas of increasingly than 600 foreign citizens have been cancelled. The US wardship says that this step has been taken to tighten the noose on the networks that help foreigners to requite lineage to a child in America and reap American citizenship through it.
Rubio unmistakably said that American citizenship is not something that can be bought. To take this wayfarers forward, the US State Department, withal with other government departments and agencies, has moreover worked a special task force.
Why did America initiate such a major action?
The US government is keeping an eye on cases where people victorious in the US on non-immigrant visas primarily for the purpose of giving lineage to a child. Equal to the US State Department, travelling to the US solely for the purpose of giving lineage to a child and obtaining US citizenship is not an winning understructure for issuing a visitor visa.
The wardship alleges that some organised networks take wholesomeness of this system and send foreign citizens to America. The telescopic of investigation is stuff increased to identify such cases and take action.
How will the task gravity work to stop wharfage tourism?
America has created Lineage Tourism Prevention Task Gravity for this campaign. Its purpose is to identify such people and networks who are misusing the visa system. The authorities are moreover keeping an eye on the activities of visa holders and their travel records and other related matters.
According to Rubio, increasingly than 600 visas have been cancelled in just one month since the task gravity began work. The US wardship has indicated that such whoopee may intensify in the coming times.
Why was there controversy regarding 'Gold Card'?
After Rubio's announcement, discussion well-nigh the US administration's 'Gold Card' programme moreover started on social media. Questions are stuff raised well-nigh this programme: on one hand the wardship is talking well-nigh stopping efforts to reap citizenship through birth, while on the other hand a plan to provide a way to live in America through financial contribution is moreover under discussion.
According to the information revealed regarding 'Gold Card', it has been said that for foreign citizens who contribute large value of money, a legal path will be provided towards acquiring permanent residence in America and remoter citizenship. However, this is not a plan to directly sell US citizenship.
After all, what is lineage tourism?
Birth tourism is a situation when a foreign resider travels to America primarily for the purpose of giving lineage to a child so that the child can get American citizenship. The US State Department moreover defines it similarly and makes it well-spoken that obtaining a visitor visa for this purpose is not acceptable.
This is why the US wardship is now placing increasingly accent on identifying such cases and preventing misuse of visa rules.
What is the situation on the rules of US citizenship?
The issue of citizenship by lineage in the United States has long been a subject of political and legal debate. The 14th Amendment of the US Constitution contains a provision related to the citizenship of people born in America.
In such a situation, the focus of the current whoopee is not to end every specimen of American citizenship but, equal to the government, to take whoopee versus the networks running wharfage tourism by misusing visa rules.
The US State Department has unmistakably indicated through this wayfarers that it is going to prefer a stricter stance than surpassing regarding the misuse of the visa process.
