US EditionICE launches new effort to uncover US ‘birth tourism schemes’
The initiative targets fraud, financial crimes and organized facilitation networks, while officials say no U.S. law outright bars birth tourism.
- On Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ordered agents nationwide to prioritize a new Birth Tourism Initiative targeting organized networks that facilitate travel for foreign nationals to give birth in the United States.
- President Donald Trump's administration has used birth tourism as a rationale for restricting birthright citizenship after taking office in January 2025 to reduce overall immigration.
- White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly stated the practice 'poses a tremendous cost to taxpayers and threatens our national security.' The Center for Immigration Studies estimated between 20,000 and 25,000 mothers visited the United States for birth tourism annually between 2016 and 2017.
- Federal agents will leverage 2020 regulations prohibiting temporary tourist visas for citizenship purposes, targeting what the agency described as 'fraud, financial crimes, and organized facilitation networks that exploit lawful immigration processes.'
- In 2019, federal prosecutors charged more than a dozen people operating 'birth houses' in Southern California catering to wealthy women from China; operator Chao 'Edwin' Chen was sentenced to three years in prison in 2020.
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ICE Targets Birth Tourism in New Crackdown
ICE Targets Birth Tourism in New Crackdown In a decisive move, the Trump administration is stepping up its efforts against alleged birth tourism schemes. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been directed to launch a new initiative targeting networks purportedly aiding pregnant women in deceiving U.S. visa processes to secure citizenship for their newborns.This ambitious scheme reflects President Trump's ongoing agenda to curtail birt…
ICE Launches Effort to Uncover 'Birth Tourism Schemes'
President Donald Trump has highlighted birth tourism to justify his attempts to restrict birthright citizenship, and now his administration plans to crack down on networks it says help pregnant women lie on visa applications in order to secure U.S. citizenship for their U.S.-born babies.
ICE launches new effort to uncover U.S. ‘birth tourism schemes’: Reuters exclusive
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration plans to crack down on networks it says help pregnant women lie on visa applications in order to secure U.S. citizenship for their U.S.-born babies, an issue that Trump has highlighted to justify his attempts to restrict birthright citizenship.
ICE launches new effort to uncover US 'birth tourism schemes'
President Donald Trump's administration plans to crack down on networks it says help pregnant women lie on visa applications in order to secure U.S. citizenship for their U.S.-born babies, an issue... -April 10, 2026 at 02:56 pm EDT MarketScreener
ICE launches new effort to uncover US ‘birth tourism schemes’
President Donald Trump’s administration plans to crack down on networks it says help pregnant women lie on visa applications in order to secure U.S. citizenship for their U.S.-born babies, an issue that Trump has highlighted to justify his attempts to restrict birthright citizenship.
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