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The State Department is launching a major crackdown on “birth tourism” — a scheme where foreign visitors use fake documents to enter the U.S. for the sole purpose of giving birth and securing automatic citizenship for their children. A recent bust uncovered a West African network of over 100 people and more than 400 suspected cases from Europe since 2024, all tied to companies that coached visa applicants, arranged housing, and planned deliveries. The administration, calling U.S. visas a privilege, is revoking visas and partnering with local authorities to dismantle these operations — a move that echoes past efforts to limit birthright citizenship, which they argue costs taxpayers and undermines national security. Critics say visa fraud is rampant and that eliminating the citizenship incentive would stop this abuse, while recent lawsuits and congressional probes have already targeted companies profiting from these illegal services.

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