A hospital in South Texas is under fire for trying to profit from America’s ridiculous birthright citizenship policy, which was upheld by the Supreme Court last week.
As Fox News reported on Tuesday, Mission Regional Medical Center has been caught red-handed advertising a birth packages campaign in billboards in Mexico. The purpose was to convince foreign nationals to give birth across the border so their babies could obtain U.S. citizenship.
The hospital promoted deliveries starting at $3,950 for a natural birth and $5,525 for a C-section, and directed viewers to a website, havemybabyinTEXAS.com. The website has since been taken down.
Moreover, the billboards also displayed a telephone number beginning with “001.” This is the country code used to place calls to the United States from Mexico.
Mission Regional Medical Center later claimed this was all a “misunderstanding” and claimed they had backed off.
“The marketing materials regarding maternity services are no longer in use due to any unintended misunderstanding,” a hospital spokesperson told Fox News. “We do not support or facilitate any unlawful activity and work to comply with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations.”
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