Trump Stops Visa Program For Women
Administration Will Bar Entrance By Foreign Women
Washington, Feb. 2
President Donald J. Trump went on national television tonight to announce a new restriction on foreign travelers that he claimed “will end the terrible flood of women who take advantage of American birthright policy. . . . Women come to our beautiful country--in planeloads--to drop their babies so they can become so-called American citizens.”
The President ordered the Secretary of State to halt issuance of visas to women who are foreign nationals as of 6 AM (ET) tomorrow. In addition, he has called upon the Secretary of Home Security to mobilize personnel and deploy them to all airports which service international flights to turn back any women attempting to enter the country after 5 PM (ET) on Monday.
Mr. Trump explained his action stating, “All births in the United States should be by beautiful American women, not by foreign vermin. American taxpayers should not have the burden of paying for the schooling and health care of children who are not real Americans.”
The President agreed to carve out three exceptions to the new order: Despite much opposition from right-wing Evangelicals, in deference to the Vatican, he has exempted nuns, who take a vow of chastity; women over the age of seventy will also be exempt, being beyond any reasonable expectation of motherhood; and women who can document having had a hysterectomy will be allowed to apply for a visa.
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