An ex-Trump administration official lashed out at NCS anchor Erica Hill on Tuesday after she challenged him on claims that “birth tourism” is a rampant concern within the United States.
“But that still wouldn’t deal with birth tourism, which is a full-blown industry in this country,” former performing Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli stated on “NCS News Central” Tuesday following the Supreme Court’s ruling on birthright citizenship. “Where they invite people in, they get tourist visas, give birth, their child is an American citizen under this ruling, which is what they’re taking advantage of.”
Cuccinelli claimed, with out proof, that 42% of youngsters born from “birth tourism” in California are from China.
Hill rapidly pushed again on these claims, a lot to Cuccinelli’s dismay.
“I would point out the numbers on birth tourism are not clear at this point,” Hill stated. “Not that there aren’t concerns about it.”
Hill went on to level out that polling numbers indicate a majority of Americans help birthright citizenship, whereas Cuccinelli tried to speak over her.
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“Ken Cuccinelli, we appreciate you taking the time to join us. Thank you,” Hill stated, wrapping up.
“Boy, you are a left-wing hack,” Cuccinelli stated.
“Wow, it’s unfortunate that you felt the need to say that. I appreciate you coming on to answer fair questions,” Hill stated, whereas Cuccinelli abruptly disconnected from the interview.
It’s unclear what Cuccinelli’s supply is for his claims of “birth tourism” being a full-blown trade within the U.S. A 2020 examine from the Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for decrease immigration, estimated the potential variety of delivery tourism circumstances at 20,000 to 26,000 per yr, utilizing information from 2016-2017. That would symbolize lower than 1% of the three.86 million births within the U.S. in 2017. Meanwhile, a Niskanen Center calculation in response decided “an estimate of birth tourists statistically indistinguishable from zero.”
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