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US establishes task force to combat birth tourism, revokes 600+ visas

The United States has established a new task force, the Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force, to combat birth tourism. This initiative, a collaboration between the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security, aims to prevent the exploitation of non-immigrant visas for the purpose of obtaining US citizenship through birth. The task force has already revoked over 600 visas globally, with the State Department also reporting the revocation of more than 175,000 visas since Donald Trump's return to office. AI

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US establishes task force to combat birth tourism, revokes 600+ visas

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Lucy Quaggin ·

    US sets up task force to combat birth tourism, revokes more than 600 visas

    The Trump administration announced on Wednesday the establishment of a task force to end birth tourism in the latest push to curtail the practice after the Supreme Court recently rejected US President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict constitutional birthright citizenship. Worki…