The US Department of State has significantly tightened control over the entry of foreigners suspected of organizing 'birth tourism'. As US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated in his X social media account, a special task force of the department revoked more than 600 visas of foreign citizens worldwide in just one month. This campaign is aimed at exposing and dismantling illegal networks that exploit birthright citizenship.
Special task force and scale of the operation
To counter schemes to obtain citizenship through the birth of children on US territory, a special body was created. According to Rubio, the work of this group is yielding quick results: measures were taken to revoke visas for more than 600 people in just the last month. The department's priority has been to check the activities of visa holders and identify organizers who teach foreigners how to bypass the visa system.
An official spokesperson for the State Department emphasized that the goal of these actions is not simply to restrict migration, but to protect the integrity of the American legal system. 'American citizenship is not for sale,' Rubio stated, insisting that the department will use all available tools to fight illegal schemes.
Mechanics of illegal schemes
According to the Secretary of State, criminal 'birth tourism' networks represent complex structures. They not only organize travel and accommodation for expectant mothers but also forge documents to hide the true intentions of applicants. These organizations profit by exploiting loopholes in US legislation, allowing foreigners to obtain citizenship for their children, which subsequently opens the path to legalization in the US.
Context of the Trump administration's policy
The fight against 'birth tourism' is part of the broader agenda of the current US administration. Recently, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders that significantly restrict birthright citizenship. According to the new rules, US citizenship will no longer automatically extend to children whose parents are in the country temporarily or illegally. These measures are intended to close legislative loopholes that organizers of tourist trips for childbirth have exploited.
Contradictory data
During fact-checking of information about mass visa revocations in the US, discrepancies were found regarding the reasons for such measures. While Marco Rubio links the recent wave of 600 visa revocations exclusively to the fight against 'birth tourism', other sources point to different reasons. For example, data from RFI for March 2025 reports the revocation of visas for 300 students for participating in pro-Palestinian protests. This creates ambiguity in the overall picture of migration policy: some revocations may be linked to the political views of students, not just migration schemes, requiring readers to carefully distinguish the context of different State Department campaigns.
