{"id":2629876,"date":"2026-07-15T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-immigration-agencies-go-full-throttle-after-birth-tourism-industry\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T06:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:50:11","slug":"federal-immigration-agencies-go-full-throttle-after-birth-tourism-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-immigration-agencies-go-full-throttle-after-birth-tourism-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal immigration agencies go full throttle after &#8216;birth tourism&#8217; industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-immigration-agencies-go-full-throttle-after-birth-tourism-industry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2629876&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump governance is intensifying efforts to combat \u201cbirth tourism,\u201d where individuals travel to the U.S. specifically to have a baby and secure U.S. citizenship for the child. Federal agencies such as Customs and Border Protection, ICE, the Department of justice, and the FBI are targeting those who exploit this practice and the companies facilitating it. This crackdown follows a Supreme Court ruling that blocked the Trump administration&#8217;s attempts to limit birthright citizenship via executive order, prompting increased enforcement. Officials are focusing on investigating and prosecuting cases of birth tourism, including cracking down on misinformation and fraudulent schemes, such as billboard advertising in Mexico promoting travel for childbirth. <\/p>\n<p>Texas authorities are investigating birth tourism marketing by hospitals, asserting that citizenship should not be bought or sold. Historically, the issue has been prominent as Trump\u2019s first term, with previous indictments revealing schemes where foreign women paid large sums to give birth in the U.S., frequently enough coached on visa overstays and passing customs. These individuals and networks profited significantly from such activities,which also involved money laundering and property fraud. the efforts aim to prevent exploitation of the immigration system and uphold the integrity of U.S. citizenship laws.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a> is ramping up enforcement against individuals who take part in \u201cbirth tourism,\u201d which involves traveling to the United States for the sole purpose of having a baby on U.S. soil and automatically receiving <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/citizenship\">U.S. citizenship<\/a> for the child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal law enforcement agencies, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/customs-and-border-protection\">Customs and Border Protection<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ICE\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> are targeting individuals who exploit birth tourism and the companies that facilitate the trips, according to three senior administration officials.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4648467\/man-killed-florida-ice-tractor-trailer\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Man fleeing immigration agents in Florida killed by tractor-trailer, police say<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4647820\/susan-collins-mullin-ice-maine-shooting\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Susan Collins says she\u2019s pressing Mullin on ICE changes after Maine shooting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4647603\/ice-halts-vehicle-stops-officer-involved-fatal-shootings\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>ICE halts all vehicle stops following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/susan-collins-says-shes-pressing-mullin-after-maine-shooting\/\" title=\"Susan Collins says she\u2019s pressing Mullin after ... shooting\">officer-involved fatal shootings<\/a> in Maine and Texas<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crackdown follows a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4641535\/trump-rehearing-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship\/\">ruling<\/a> in the Supreme Court earlier this summer that barred the Trump administration from limiting birthright citizenship via executive order. That loss sent federal agencies into action.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day after the ruling, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox News that he had a \u201clong conversation\u201d with White House border czar Tom Homan and White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller about other ways to address foreigners who purposely travel to the U.S., enter legally or illegally, with the intent of having their baby here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-pandemic-surges-in-india-us-offers-oxygen-and-related-supplies\/\" title=\"As Pandemic Surges in India, US Offers Oxygen and Related Supplies\">senior administration officials told<\/a> the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Monday that ICE, including its Homeland Security Investigations arm, would be focusing on the matter to a greater extent after being directed to do so by the White House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Separately, the Department of Justice and FBI have been called in to focus on investigating and prosecuting cases, according to the same two officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CBP, the agency tasked with inspecting all people who seek to enter the U.S. at airports, seaports, and land ports, vowed in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> to use \u201cevery available enforcement authority\u201d to maintain the integrity of the immigration system and hold accountable those who abuse the laws.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCBP is also targeting the criminal networks and facilitators that profit from exploiting U.S. immigration laws, including those spreading misinformation through foreign billboard advertisements designed to encourage immigration fraud,\u201d CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott said in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cU.S. Customs and Border Protection is identifying and pursuing anyone who seeks to circumvent U.S. law or exploit our immigration system for personal gain,\u201d Scott said. \u201cIndividuals who misrepresent the purpose of their travel to the United States may be denied boarding before departure or refused admission upon arrival.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Texas Republican Rep. Mayra Flores posted a picture in April that showed a billboard in the Mexican city of Reynosa, in which a Texas hospital advertised to international patients about traveling to the U.S. to have a baby at significantly lower cost than the cost for Americans with health insurance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Americans are getting blatantly ripped off, and it\u2019s happening right in front of our faces.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, the average cost to give birth is over $20,000. Even if you have insurance, you\u2019re still slammed with thousands in bills. Families are going into debt just to bring\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kSRWgF3erR\">pic.twitter.com\/kSRWgF3erR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayra Flores (@MayraFlores4TX) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MayraFlores4TX\/status\/2045503988435488874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump reacted to the billboard last week in a post to Truth Social.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLikewise, similar signs going up all over our Country. Billions of Dollars will be illegally made by this SCAM, with Citizenship going to anyone willing to pay. It will be, by far, the number one way of becoming a citizen, and then the entire family will be allowed to follow. Not sustainable,\u201d Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116886461770041376\">posted<\/a>. \u201cNOBODY SAW THIS COMING!!! AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP IS NOT FOR SALE! In fact, that is a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced on Tuesday that the state\u2019s Health and Human Services Commission launched an investigation into birth tourism packages marketed by Mission Regional Medical Center in Mission, Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state agency has now submitted a referral to the state\u2019s attorney general\u2019s office that alleges the Mission hospital and another facility teamed up to advertise the scheme on HavemybabyinTEXAS.com. The website was taken offline last week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRegardless of what the Supreme Court of the United States may have said, U.S. citizenship is not for sale in Texas,\u201d Abbott said in a statement. \u201cTexas will not tolerate the exploitation of our health care system\u00a0as a pathway to skirt federal immigration laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The issue of birth tourism has been a concern of Trump\u2019s since his first term. The U.S. is one of 30 countries out of 194 that recognize a baby born within its borders as a citizen even if his or her parents are noncitizens, including those born to a parent who is on a temporary visa or illegally in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump Justice Department <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1872095\/19-indicted-for-ring-that-brought-thousands-to-give-birth-in-us\/\">indicted<\/a> 19 people in 2019 for their roles in an international \u201cbirth tourism\u201d ring that brought \u201cthousands\u201d of pregnant women mainly from China to Southern California so they could give birth in America and have a child with U.S. citizenship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign women paid <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2015\/03\/03\/us\/maternity-tourism-raids-california\/index.html\">between $15,000 and $50,000<\/a> each to live in the U.S. before and after the baby, who could obtain automatic U.S. citizenship, was born. The scammers also coached women on how to pass visa interviews and overstay their visas in the U.S. and cash in on federal benefits. The indictments state the Chinese customers were told what to say during U.S. Consulate interviews in China, including that they only planned to visit for two weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4642600\/foreign-truck-drivers-top-target-trump-administration\/\">FOREIGN TRUCK DRIVERS IN THE U.S. REMAIN A TOP TARGET OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The women were also told to wear loose-fitting clothing when they traveled to the U.S. so their pregnancy would not be obvious to U.S. customs officers at the airport. The indictments stated women were told to first fly to Hawaii and then to Los Angeles because the customs officers in Hawaii were easier to get by.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In return, those arranging the trips made millions of dollars. Legal documents also state those involved in overseeing the ploy also laundered money and defrauded property owners who rented the houses and apartments to them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump boosts crackdown on birth tourism, targeting exploiters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2629877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ice-birth-tourism-industry.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[79923,36688,3813,50611,82739],"class_list":["post-2629876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-birth-tourism-2","tag-federal-agencies","tag-immigration","tag-national-security-2","tag-u-s-immigration-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ice-birth-tourism-industry.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2629876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2629880,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629876\/revisions\/2629880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2629877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2629876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2629876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2629876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}