I believe that birth tourism is real.
Birth tourism is when pregnant women come to the U.S. on a tourism visa in order to obtain birthright U.S. citizenship for their newborn child.
Thousands of women stayed in hotels for their last few weeks of pregnancy to illegitimately and illegally obtain U.S. citizenship for the child.
The exact number is unknown.
In 2020, the Center for Immigration Studies estimated the possible number of birth tourism cases at 20,000 to 26,000 per year.
In 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 9,576
births in the U.S. to foreign residents.
In 2019, federal authorities indicted 19 people in connection with running
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birth tourism operations in Southern California catering to Chinese
clients. The undercover operation detailed how operators coached pregnant
Chinese customers to trick consulate and customs officials and get tourism
visas, and to mask their pregnancies.
Other birth tourism operations have been identified in Miami.
I strongly think birth tourism should be investigated.
Tom McGorray
Northwest side
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