Trump Administration Disrupts 100-Person West African Birth Tourism Network

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 15

More than 100 foreign nationals were tied to a West African birth-tourism network that U.S. officials say used false documents and local “fixers” to secure visitor visas for childbirth in America.
The State Department said it revoked the participants’ visas and is working with local authorities to identify and shut down similar operations.
Officials also said they have flagged more than 400 suspected birth-tourism cases from Europe since 2024, linked to at least six companies that coached applicants for visa interviews and arranged housing and deliveries.
The crackdown fits Trump’s broader push against birthright citizenship, building on a 2020 visa-denial rule and a 2025 executive order seeking to narrow automatic citizenship at birth.
Birth tourism has drawn repeated U.S. enforcement, from California convictions tied to Chinese-client operators to a Texas lawsuit over a center accused of facilitating more than 1,000 births.