Republican senators demand end to visa program they say encourages Chinese "birth tourism"

Republican senators demand end to visa program they say encourages Chinese "birth tourism"

A trio of Republican senators asked the Trump administration to end a visa waiver program in far-flung U.S. territories in the Pacific that they say encourages "birth tourism."

Senators Sound Alarm on China’s Exploitation of U.S. Territories for Birth Tourism

Three Republican senators have called on the Trump administration to scrap a visa waiver program that lets Chinese nationals flock to American Pacific territories, where they can give birth and secure U.S. citizenship for their children. In a letter sent January 15 to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Senators Rick Scott of Florida, Jim Banks of Indiana, and Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma laid out how the …