Executive Order 14418

Ending Birth Tourism

Signed 2026-08-06 in effect

Directs State and DHS to deny visas, revoke travel authorization, and bar or remove foreign nationals who enter or facilitate entry on nonimmigrant visas for the purpose of giving birth in the United States. Provides case-by-case humanitarian and national-interest exemptions. Provisional EO number pending Federal Register publication.

Section by Section

What each section does, and how they differ.

Sec. 1 Purpose

The framing section. Casts citizenship as an inheritance that should not be obtained through what the order calls calculated exploitation of the immigration system by birth tourism.

Sec. 2 Authorities

Delegates the President's Immigration and Nationality Act authority to the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to carry out the order.

Sec. 3 Definition

Defines birth tourism as entering or facilitating entry on a nonimmigrant visa for the purpose of giving birth on U.S. soil.

Sec. 4 Scope and Implementation

The operative section. Authorizes State and DHS to deny visas, revoke travel authorization, permanently bar entry, or remove aliens engaged in birth tourism.

Sec. 5 Exemptions

Lets the Secretaries grant case-by-case exemptions on humanitarian grounds or in the national interest.

Sec. 6 General Provisions

Standard closing boilerplate: severability, implementation subject to law and appropriations, and no enforceable rights; DHS bears publication costs.