State Department Right to Tackle ‘Birth Tourism’

[TomSea]

State Department Right to Tackle ‘Birth Tourism’
Lora Ries

“Birth tourism” has become big business. Today, hundreds of companies advertise to pregnant women—particularly upper-middle-class women from China, Nigeria, Russia, and Turkey—offering assistance to get visas that would allow them to visit the U.S. during the time they expect to give birth.

The U.S. hosts tens of thousands of “birth tourists” every year. In 2015, the Center for Immigration Studies pegged the number at 35,000. The Qianzhan Industry Research Institute reported that, in 2016, as many as 80,000 birth tourists came to the U.S. Whatever the total number, it appears to be growing.

What draws these women to our shores isn’t U.S. obstetric or natal care. It’s automatic U.S. citizenship for their babies.

Read more at:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/01/23/state-department-right-to-tackle-birth-tourism/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Probably all so, the system needs to be fixed.

[skeeter]

It also states that, if a consular officer has reason to believe that a visa applicant would give birth while in the U.S., he or she may presume that the primary purpose is to gain citizenship for the unborn child. Unless the applicant is able to rebut that presumption, she would be ineligible for the visa.

Seems like a pretty easy determination to make.

[darroll]

They just have to wait until they are 65.