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900 Visas Revoked in Birth Tourism Crackdown: State Department

A State Department official said that US officials have observed a ‘global phenomenon’ where networks try to effectively sell U.S. citizenship.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers opening remarks during the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism at the State Department in Washington on July 16, 2026. Finn Gomez/Getty Images

Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
8/21/2026|Updated: 8/21/2026


The U.S. Department of State on Aug. 20 said that nearly 900 visas have been revoked since a birth tourism task force was created in early August.

Birth tourism refers to a foreign national traveling to another country to give birth there in a bid to allow the child to gain citizenship of that country. The Trump administration attempted to end birthright citizenship through an executive order last year, which was challenged in court and later blocked by multiple judges.

Describing birth tourism as “an insidious practice,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott told Newsmax’s National Report that officials are “seeing this be a global phenomenon, and we’re seeing these networks that are profiting, trying to essentially sell U.S. citizenship.”

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