Under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(f), the President has broad authority to suspend entry of any class of aliens found "detrimental to the interests of the United States". Following the Supreme Court's rejection of Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, some have asked whether this statute could be used to ban pregnant foreign nationals. While such a ban would almost certainly face immediate legal challenges, the President's authority under INA § 212(f) is sweeping and has been invoked by every president over the last thirty years.
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