WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans have not given up on trying to limit birthright citizenship and for now, they are putting their focus on combating so-called birth tourism.

“It is up to Congress to define ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof,’ to put a stop to birth tourism,” said Republican Rep. Chip Roy.

Members of both major political parties participated in a heated hearing on Capitol Hill.

“Nothing more than a desperate and bigoted attempted to fabricate an endrin around birthright citizenship,” said Democratic Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon.

The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that, with very few exceptions, children born in the U.S. are American citizens, and most recently it struck down an executive order from Trump that sought to limit birthright citizenship.

Since that ruling, the president and Republicans on Capitol Hill have narrowed their focus to so-called birth tourism, issuing new executive orders aimed at cracking down on the practice of traveling to the U.S. for purpose of having a child on American soil.

“Wealthy people are building businesses around birthright citizenship,” said Trump. “That’s not the way it’s support to work.”

For months, Local 10 News has been investigating one of those businesses in South Florida.

A company called Have My Baby in Miami billed itself as a concierge service for women worldwide looking to give birth in the states.

The company’s social media pages highlight pediatrician Dr. Wladimir Lorentz, saying he’ll love helping you become a mom in the United States.

Earlier this year, Lorentz was nowhere to be found when a Local 10 crew stopped by his clinic in North Miami Beach.

But this week, Lorentz was in Washington D.C., repeatedly taking the Fifth Amendment in front of the House Oversight Committee that had taken notice of Local 10’s reporting and launched an investigation.

“‘Now the dream of having a child in the United States is closer to reality than you ever imagined.’ Is this your website, Dr. Lorentz?” asked Republican Rep. Brandon Gill.

“I respectfully decline to answer the question on the grounds that a truthful answer may tend to incriminate me, and I invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States,” Lorentz replied.

He was later excused from Tuesday’s hearing after repeatedly refusing to answer questions.

Late Wednesday afternoon, a federal judge struck down Trump’s executive order targeting birth tourism, ruling it violates the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold birthright citizenship.

It will be interesting to see how the Trump administration.

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