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Hundreds of visas revoked as U.S. State Department exposes birth tourism schemes in Europe, Africa

The U.S. Department of State has escalated its global crackdown on “birth tourism schemes,” revoking hundreds of visas across Europe and Africa as a result.

In a series of Wednesday X posts, the State Department said U.S. embassies overseas uncovered international birth tourism networks spanning West Africa, Europe, and North Africa that used fraudulent documents, visa “fixers,” and coaching services to help foreign nationals obtain U.S. visas for the purpose of giving birth in the United States. Birth tourism refers to traveling to another country primarily to give birth so a child can receive automatic citizenship.

“Under President Trump, the State Department is defending the integrity of U.S. citizenship by ending illegal birth tourism schemes,” the department stated. “No foreigner is permitted to obtain a visitor visa for the primary purpose of acquiring U.S. citizenship for a child by giving birth in the U.S.”

The department also provided another example uncovered by an embassy in Europe, which “identified more than 400 suspected birth tourism cases since 2024.”

“Investigators traced them to at least six companies that coached applicants on what to say in their visa interview, arranged U.S. housing, and set up delivery plans,” it continued.

The scheme has since been shut down, and their visas were revoked. The State Department added that additionally, several “fraudsters” were banned permanently from entering the United States.

In North Africa, a U.S. embassy revoked more than 100 visas for parents participating in birth tourism. The department also said that consular officers, through “working with law enforcement and using data analytics,” had identified and stopped several networks that were abusing the system.

“A U.S. visa is a privilege, not a right. The State Department is taking action around the world to stop this abuse, dismantle birth tourism networks, and hold accountable those who try to scam our system,” the State Department concluded.

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Marsha Blackburn Issues Bill to Ban Birth Tourism Loophole Used by Thousands of Foreigners Annually

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is issuing a bill that would effectively eliminate the multimillion-dollar birth tourism industry, where foreign nationals secure temporary visas to the United States for the sole purpose of delivering their unborn children who then secure birthright American citizenship.

While President Donald Trump seeks to end birthright citizenship for the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens, Blackburn is looking to ban birth tourism.

Annually, an estimated 33,000 U.S.-born children are rewarded birthright American citizenship solely because their foreign parents arrived in the U.S. on a temporary visa, often a tourist visa.

Decades later, those U.S.-born children can sponsor their parents for green cards.

The birth tourism industry is widespread among Turkish nationals in New York City, Chinese nationals in California, Russian nationals in Florida, and Middle Easterners in Illinois.

Blackburn, Breitbart News has exclusively learned, is introducing the “Ban Birth Tourism Act” to effectively ban the industry within the U.S.

“Foreign nationals have been exploiting our nation’s immigration laws for far too long, taking advantage of the system to come to the United States for the sole purpose of giving birth to obtain U.S. citizenship for their children,” Blackburn said in a statement.

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