Abbott orders Texas officials to investigate hospital over ‘birth packages’ for foreign nationals
Abbott says the hospital advertised maternity packages to foreign nationals and routed the case to state regulators for possible civil or criminal action.
- Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to investigate Mission Regional Medical Center over reports it marketed "BIRTH PACKAGES IN SOUTH TEXAS" to foreign nationals seeking U.S. citizenship.
- The billboard, positioned near the U.S. Mexico border in Spanish, advertised "birth packages in South Texas" offering 24-7 parent visits and breastfeeding support through the website havemybabyintexas.com, since removed.
- Mission Regional Medical Center stated it does not "support or facilitate any unlawful activity" and removed marketing materials due to "unintended misunderstanding," emphasizing its commitment to safe, high-quality patient care.
- The Department of Justice directed federal prosecutors last week to prioritize "so-called birth tourism schemes" investigations, with official Colin McDonnell stating the effort protects the "sanctity of U.S. citizenship."
- State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott noted the practice is prevalent internationally, with networks charging fees to help foreign nationals defraud visa officers, though he declined specific comment on the Texas case.
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They investigate "maternity tourism" in Texas: Greg Abbott denounced a hospital for an illegal network to obtain citizenship by birth.
Birth Tourism In Texas
Birth tourism–foreigners coming to the U.S. for the specific purpose of having a baby that will be an American citizen–has been going on for some time, but the Supreme Court’s reaffirmation of birthright citizenship likely will give it a boost. That, at least, seems to be happening in Texas: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to investigate a hospital in Mission, Texas, according to a news releas…
Texas governor orders investigation into a hospital for promoting birth tourism
An advertising campaign offering maternity packages near the Texas-Mexico border sparked a state investigation amid the debate over birthright citizenship in the United States. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to launch an investigation into Mission Regional Medical Center, located in the border area of McAllen, on the grounds that the hospital may have promoted so-called “birth tourism…
Donald Trump’s stunning discovery in Mexico
The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling is barely a week old, but one Texas hospital was already caught red handed taking advantage. Mission Regional Medical Center in Mission, Texas, placed billboards in Mexico near the U.S. border advertising “Birth Packages in South Texas” — natural deliveries starting at $3,950, C-sections for $5,525. The signs appeared in English and Spanish near a border crossing about five miles from the hospita…
Abbott Launches Investigation Into Texas Birth Tourism Racket
That 5-4 SCOTUS ruling on the Birthright Citizenship issue is already having real-life consequences. When it upheld the assertion that being born in America, regardless of whether the parents were lawfully in the country or held even the faintest loyalty to the American system of jurisprudence becomes a citizen by dint of being born within America’s borders. That’s a loophole foreign nations — and even hostile ones like the CCP — have been more …
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