Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, Tennessee congressman Andy Ogles introduced a bill that would ban pregnant nonimmigrants from coming to America.

In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that an executive order from President Donald Trump’s administration to overhaul birthright citizenship is unconstitutional.

Chief Justice John Roberts cited an 1898 case that upheld citizenship for children born in the U.S. to people from China.

“Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present here are thus subject to the nation’s jurisdiction,” Roberts wrote in the court’s majority opinion.

Ogles said the decision was “not only a betrayal of American sovereignty, but a direct attack on our national security.” A bill that Ogles calls the “Anchors Away Act” says a person is only subject to the jurisdiction of the United States if at least one of the parents is an American citizen or legal immigrant.

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