State Department exposes 'birth tourism' schemes
The State Department claims to have busted multiple transnational “birth tourism” schemes aimed at allowing foreign nationals to have babies on U.S. soil to collect American passports on their way back home.
TL;DR
- The State Department has busted multiple transnational 'birth tourism' schemes.
- These schemes aimed to allow foreign nationals to have babies on U.S. soil to obtain American passports.
- Investigations uncovered coordinated operations in West Africa, North Africa, and Europe.
- One network in West Africa involved over 100 foreign nationals producing fraudulent documents.
- A European investigation linked companies to over 400 suspected illicit citizenship schemes.
- The U.S. government considers birth tourism an abuse of the system and a potential national security threat.
- Consular officers are instructed to deny B visas to applicants whose primary purpose is to give birth in the U.S.
- President Trump has prioritized ending birth tourism and sought to end birthright citizenship.