US government revokes more than 600 visas in birth tourism crackdown
Written by tropixx105 on August 20, 2026
(Caribbean News Weekly) – The US government has revoked more than 600 visas from foreign nationals as part of a global crackdown on birth tourism and has established a new task force to identify and dismantle networks facilitating the practice.
The Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force, established by the US Department of State, is reviewing the activities of visa holders worldwide to identify cases in which foreign nationals may have traveled to the United States primarily to give birth.
The initiative is being carried out in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and involves analyzing and connecting information held across US government agencies.
The State Department said the task force is examining travel histories of individuals from around the world, with the goal of identifying potential cases of birth tourism, revoking visas when appropriate and targeting networks that profit from the practice.
“The Birth Tourism Task Force has taken action by revoking more than 600 visas from foreign nationals across the globe to safeguard our nation from this abuse,” the department said.
The department generally revokes visas when there are indications that a person may be ineligible. It also said the secretary of state has broad discretionary authority to revoke visas.
