The Trump administration is ramping up enforcement against individuals who take part in “birth tourism,” which involves traveling to the United States for the sole purpose of having a baby on U.S. soil and automatically receiving U.S. citizenship for the child.
Federal law enforcement agencies, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are targeting individuals who exploit birth tourism and the companies that facilitate the trips, according to three senior administration officials.
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A day after the ruling, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox News that he had a “long conversation” with White House border czar Tom Homan and White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller about other ways to address foreigners who purposely travel to the U.S., enter legally or illegally, with the intent of having their baby here.
Two senior administration officials told the Washington Examiner on Monday that ICE, including its Homeland Security Investigations arm, would be focusing on the matter to a greater extent after being directed to do so by the White House.
Separately, the Department of Justice and FBI have been called in to focus on investigating and prosecuting cases, according to the same two officials.
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Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced on Tuesday that the state’s Health and Human Services Commission launched an investigation into birth tourism packages marketed by Mission Regional Medical Center in Mission, Texas.
The state agency has now submitted a referral to the state’s attorney general’s office that alleges the Mission hospital and another facility teamed up to advertise the scheme on HavemybabyinTEXAS.com. The website was taken offline last week.
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