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What Do We Know About 'Birth Tourism'?

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Q: How real is birth tourism? A: The government doesn’t provide estimates of the extent of so-called birth tourism — pregnant women coming to the U.S. on tourism visas in order to obtain birthright U.S. citizenship for their newborn child. One outside group has estimated it may be more than 20,000 births per year. Some argue it’s not common enough to justify upending longstanding birthright citizenship policies. FULL ANSWER As the reader who ask…

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Fact Check broke the news on Thursday, April 16, 2026.
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