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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has launched an investigation into alleged “birth tourism” packages at Mission Regional Medical Center, accusing the hospital of advertising services to foreign nationals seeking U.S. citizenship for their children — a practice he calls illegal and exploitative. While the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship, some lawmakers push for criminalizing the practice, despite evidence it’s rare. The state health commission now must determine if the hospital violated any laws — and whether Texas will take action to stop what Abbott calls a misuse of its healthcare system.

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