John Cornyn: “This bill would also require the Department of Homeland…”

“This is why I'm introducing the Back off act, which will make aliens involved in birth tourism inadmissible and deportable from the United States. This bill would also require the Department of Homeland Security to detain aliens who commit crimes related to birth tourism. It would require anyone engaged in this practice who entered the United States from Mexico or Canada to return to those countries for legal proceedings while they're pending which would …” (07:07–07:16)

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