Federal immigration agencies go full throttle after ‘birth tourism’ industry

Published July 15, 2026 6:00am ET | Updated July 16, 2026 3:20pm ET



The Trump administration is ramping up enforcement against individuals who take part in “birth tourism,” which involves traveling to the United States for the sole purpose of having a baby on U.S. soil and automatically receiving U.S. citizenship for the child.

Federal law enforcement agencies, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are targeting individuals who exploit birth tourism and the companies that facilitate the trips, according to three senior administration officials.

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