US sets up task force to combat birth tourism, revokes 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 Security (DHS), the US State Department wrote in a fact sheet that it is “using…
The United States government has established a task force aimed at combating birth tourism, a practice that involves foreign nationals giving birth in the US to obtain citizenship for their child. This move comes in response to the Supreme Court's recent decision, which upheld the constitutionality of birthright citizenship. The task force, working alongside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US State Department, has already revoked over 600 visas from foreign nationals involved in birth tourism worldwide.
Additionally, the State Department has revoked more than 175,000 visas since President Trump's return to office, with over 100 visas revoked by a US embassy in North Africa due to this practice. President Trump has been targeting both legal and illegal immigration during his second term, impacting various aspects of the immigration system.
In his first days in office, he signed an executive order that prevented the recognition of children's citizenship born in the US to parents with undocumented or temporary visas, including those in skilled worker and student categories.
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