Birth tourism crackdown expands as House chairman raises criminal conspiracy case
A House task force chairman says companies helping foreign nationals travel to the United States to give birth so their children obtain U.S. citizenship could be engaging in a criminal conspiracy.Rep.
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A House task force chairman says companies helping foreign nationals travel to the United States to give birth so their children obtain U.S. citizenship could be engaging in a criminal conspiracy.Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, who chairs the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses, told Fox News Digital that his panel has subpoenaed several so-called "birth tourism companies" as it investigates firms advertising services to help foreign nationals travel to the United States to give birth."Right now, under current law, birth tourism is illegal. You cannot come into the United States for the purpose of giving birth," Gill said.TRUMP BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP FIGHT COMES ROARING BACK WITH 'INVADERS' PLAY AFTER KAVANAUGH ROADMAP"And I believe that there's a compelling legal case to be made that these businesses that are facilitating this process -- facilitating somebody coming into the United States to give birth -- lying on their immigration forms or on their visa forms -- are engaging in a form of criminal conspiracy, and that's what we're going to get to the bottom of," Gill said.State Department regulations prohibit foreign nationals from obtaining visitor visas when consular officers determine that their primary purpose is traveling to the United States to give birth so their child obtains U.S.
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