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US busts birth tourism rings, revokes visas
The Morning Standard
|June 11, 2026
THE US on Wednesday said it has dismantled several overseas ‘‘birth tourism’’ networks and revoked visas of hundreds of foreign nationals who travelled to the country from Europe and Africa primarily to give birth and secure American citizenship for their children.
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The action is part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to curb what it describes as abuse of the US immigration and citizenship system. In a series of posts on X, the State Department said US embassies in Europe, West Africa and North Africa
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