Watters asked if Miller was considering banning foreign pregnant women from entering the U.S., even temporarily.
“Well, what I’m saying, Jesse, is that you have to now think very carefully about who you let into your country, even on a temporary basis, because the possibility, as you said, for birth tourism, right, they do that. People come here just to have babies on American soil, and that baby gets to be a citizen for life,” Miller said.
Watters: Are we banning pregnant women from America?
Miller: You have to think carefully on who you let into the country. There’s a lot of things we have to take a hard look at. pic.twitter.com/mazrvtLhxa — Acyn (@Acyn) July 1, 2026
Miller added that he believes that babies born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants would be able to send welfare checks back home to “support a whole family in the third world.”
Miller isn’t the only MAGA figure floating the idea of banning foreign-born pregnant women from entering the U.S.
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday introduced a bill he called the “Anchors Away Act” aimed at limiting or outright banning certain foreign-born pregnant women from entering the U.S.
“Under my bill, under my legislation, we fix that and go back to what our founders intended. So in short, what this bill does is if you are a pregnant woman, you can’t come into this country. You got to be a citizen, be here, you have to be a green card holder. So if you’re pregnant and you don’t have one of those statuses, no admittance allowed,” Ogles said in a video posted to social media on Tuesday.
Miller is a goblin.
We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?
Is it a common problem in the US? It’s not like American citizenship gets you free healthcare or tuition? And the hospital bill for the birth would be pretty high?
Maybe Medicare/Medicaid which are the insurances for young/disabled and elderly people respectively. But these tend to not be great plans. The reimbursement is so low compared to commercial insurance that many providers won’t see those patients. I think Miller is getting at emergency care. Anyone who shows up to your ER is legally required to be seen if the hospital has the means to assess and treat or transferred to one that does. Many people, documented and undocumented, use the ER for primary care as it is difficult to get a primary care doc due to waitlists and costs. Using the ER for primary care clogs the system and makes it super expensive but it’s misleading to blame that on the undocumented and not the physician shortage and lack of emphasis on preventive care in the US. You’re not getting free tuition unless you meet some need/merit requirement but having in state residency makes programs much more affordable.
It’s not really that big of a deal. Some people do it on purpose for various reasons, but it also comes with downsides. For the hospital bill though duty of care means you will be taken care of during childbirth. After that if you skip the country it’s hard to collect, also if you aren’t making much money in the first place your bill gets dramatically reduced.