State Dept. Identifies Several ‘Birth Tourism’ Networks Around World

Investigators allegedly linked the activity to at least six companies that were coaching visa applicants on how to answer interview questions, arranging accommodations and coordinating plans for childbirth in the United States, said The Daily Wire

According to the report, State Department officials disrupted the operation, revoked the visas involved and imposed permanent travel bans on several individuals accused of participating in the scheme, barring them from entering the United States in the future.

A U. S. embassy in North Africa revoked more than 100 visas issued to individuals accused of traveling to the United States for the primary purpose of giving birth to children who would automatically receive American citizenship.