Pregnancy does not affect a foreigner's visa status in the United States if legally admitted.

Brief retelling from RIA II

Pregnancy does not affect a foreigner's U.S. visa status as long as she entered legally and complies with entry conditions, said Chris Ingram, general counsel and managing partner of the California law firm.

The father’s status does not affect the future mother’s assessment of compliance with immigration laws, the lawyer emphasized.

US authorities are working on mechanisms to deny entry to late-term pregnant foreign women to combat “birth tourism for the sake of citizenship,” said the head of the US Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin.

WASHINGTON, September 4 - RIA Novosti. A foreign citizen who is in the United States legally does not violate her visa status if she is pregnant if she does not provide false information about the purpose of entry and complies with its conditions, Chris Ingram, chief lawyer and managing partner of the California law firm, told RIA Novosti.

“There is no violation in becoming pregnant while you are legally in the United States,” the lawyer said.

He said the father's status in the United States, whether he is a citizen or in the country legally or not, does not affect the assessment of whether the expectant mother violated immigration laws. He emphasized that the authorities will raise the question specifically about the purposes of entry.

“The situation of a woman who entered for a permitted purpose and subsequently became pregnant is significantly different from the situation where someone arrived with a predetermined plan to give birth to a child,” the lawyer explained.

The head of the US Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, previously said that American agencies are working on mechanisms that would deny entry to foreign women in late pregnancy to combat tourism to the States to give birth to children for the sake of citizenship.

The US Border and Customs Service told RIA Novosti in response to a question about measures against pregnant women that law enforcement officers have the right to question and inspect arriving foreign women and deny them access to the country.

The US Supreme Court at the end of June blocked President Donald Trump's initiative to completely repeal the unconditional right to birthright citizenship provided for by a constitutional amendment. Against the backdrop of this decision, the US Department of Justice stated that the use of tourist visas solely for organizing childbirth is regarded as a violation of federal law, and promised to prosecute the coordinators of such schemes.