State Department launches task force to end ‘birth tourism’

The effort, launched after Trump signed two orders limiting birthright citizenship, has resulted in more than 600 visa revocations, the department said.

US launches birth tourism crackdownThe US State Department has set up a new Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force to identify and act against foreign nationals suspected of travelling to the US primarily to give birth, saying it has already revoked more than 600 visas as part of the crackdown.Announcing the task force on

By Nkiruka Nnorom The United States government has established a new inter-agency task force to clamp down on birth tourism, a practice where foreign nationals travel to the US primarily to give birth and secure American citizenship for their children. The Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force, announced today by the Dep

The US State Department has established a new global task force to combat birth tourism and has already revoked more than 600 visas.

The Trump administration announced on Wednesday the establishment of a task force to end birth tourism in the latest push to curtail the practice after the Supreme Court recently rejected US President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict constitutional birthright citizenship. Working alongside the Department of Homeland