State Department exposes ‘birth tourism’ schemes: ‘A US visa is a privilege, not a right’

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The State Department claims to have busted multiple transnational “birth tourism” schemes aimed at allowing foreign nationals to have babies on U.S. soil to collect American passports on their way back home.

In a series of statements posted Wednesday, the State Department reiterated its commitment to enforcing the U.S. statutes against birth tourism, announcing that three separate investigations found coordinated operations bringing expectant mothers into the country.

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