Discussion · Senate
Rick Scott Republican
“I want the Senate to pass my bill right now. Right now, people from China can travel to the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa. Many come there to give birth so their babies get U.S. citizenship. My bill ends this loophole and requires visitors from China to get a visa.”
“Mr. President, I welcome my colleague from Oklahoma and thank him. I completely agree with his ideas. We have got to get energy production increased in this country and drive down the prices for all consumers. Mr. President, I rise today to seek the passage of my One Nation, One Visa Policy Act. Imagine if every State in the Union, on a whim, had the power to allow foreign nationals to travel to their States without a visa. In other words, imagine if American States allowed anyone, from anywhere, for any reason, to access American sovereign territory--even those from adversarial countries; that you could do it in any State. Most Americans would say that that would be an insane policy, and they would be absolutely right. Florida can’t set its own visa policies, neither can, you know, New Mexico, Texas, California, or New York. That would be chaos, and it would make our immigration system meaningless. Currently, the only place in the United States where visa-free travel from foreign countries is allowed--the only place--is in the Mariana Islands, a territory. It is in this small U.S. Pacific island territory where foreign nationals can legally enter America without having a visa. Since 2009, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or CNMI, has become a hotbed for birth tourism, which is a strategy used by citizens of foreign powers to deliberately undermine our Nation’s immigration laws. Over 3,300 communist Chinese nationals have been born on these islands except they are also bona fide American citizens. They have passports, birth certificates, and Social Security cards. Keep in mind this is a territory where only 45,000 Americans live. The CCP and Chinese civilians found this loophole and have exploited it for birthright citizenship. You can be a full-fledged devotee of the CCP-- you can actually hate America and hate our people and hate our way of life--and still abuse birth tourism to get a foothold in the country you seek to undermine and destroy. Now, come on. That is ridiculous. It all needs to end now. All the One Nation, One Visa Policy Act does is stop this visa-free travel from communist China to the United States. It doesn’t ban travel from China--you can still come--but it says: If you are a citizen from China, which is our foremost adversary, you have got to get a visa. We have got to know who you are if you want to enter my State, any of our States, or any other sovereign territory of our country. You have got to get a visa if you are from communist China. It is common sense. I am grateful to Secretary Mullin, who, while a U.S. Senator, signed on to my letter to then-Secretary Noem that called for an end to China’s participation in any Chinese visa waiver program. As Secretary Mullin continues to work to end China’s visa-free privilege, I hope the United States Senate can offer the administration the support it deserves by passing this legislation immediately. I would also like to thank my friends, Senators Lee, McCormick, Budd, and Lankford, for cosponsoring this legislation. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 3857 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. I further ask that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.”
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Mr. President, I welcome my colleague from Oklahoma and thank him. I completely agree with his ideas. We have got to get energy production increased in this country and drive down the prices for all consumers. Mr. President, I rise today to seek the passage of my One Nation, One Visa Policy Act. Imagine if every State in the Union, on a whim, had the power to allow foreign nationals to travel to their States without a visa. In other words, imagine if American States allowed anyone, from anywhere, for any reason, to access American sovereign territory--even those from adversarial countries; that you could do it in any State. Most Americans would say that that would be an insane policy, and they would be absolutely right. Florida can’t set its own visa policies, neither can, you know, New Mexico, Texas, California, or New York. That would be chaos, and it would make our immigration system meaningless. Currently, the only place in the United States where visa-free travel from foreign countries is allowed--the only place--is in the Mariana Islands, a territory. It is in this small U.S. Pacific island territory where foreign nationals can legally enter America without having a visa. Since 2009, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or CNMI, has become a hotbed for birth tourism, which is a strategy used by citizens of foreign powers to deliberately undermine our Nation’s immigration laws. Over 3,300 communist Chinese nationals have been born on these islands except they are also bona fide American citizens. They have passports, birth certificates, and Social Security cards. Keep in mind this is a territory where only 45,000 Americans live. The CCP and Chinese civilians found this loophole and have exploited it for birthright citizenship. You can be a full-fledged devotee of the CCP-- you can actually hate America and hate our people and hate our way of life--and still abuse birth tourism to get a foothold in the country you seek to undermine and destroy. Now, come on. That is ridiculous. It all needs to end now. All the One Nation, One Visa Policy Act does is stop this visa-free travel from communist China to the United States. It doesn’t ban travel from China--you can still come--but it says: If you are a citizen from China, which is our foremost adversary, you have got to get a visa. We have got to know who you are if you want to enter my State, any of our States, or any other sovereign territory of our country. You have got to get a visa if you are from communist China. It is common sense. I am grateful to Secretary Mullin, who, while a U.S. Senator, signed on to my letter to then-Secretary Noem that called for an end to China’s participation in any Chinese visa waiver program. As Secretary Mullin continues to work to end China’s visa-free privilege, I hope the United States Senate can offer the administration the support it deserves by passing this legislation immediately. I would also like to thank my friends, Senators Lee, McCormick, Budd, and Lankford, for cosponsoring this legislation. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 3857 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. I further ask that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.