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Aimed at curbing "birth tourism," the Trump administration issued visa guidelines that could make it more difficult for pregnant women to get visas.
Birth tourism causes other problems too. Inos said the Commonwealth Health Center, the only hospital on Saipan, may require tourists to provide a security deposit to combat the problem of bills ...
Three people who operated multimillion-dollar birth-tourism businesses in Southern California were arrested Thursday in the biggest federal criminal probe ever to target the thriving industry, in ...
‘Birth tourism’ operator gets jail time for helping Chinese woman travel to US to have babies. Prosecutors alleged that the company charged the tourists as much as $40,000 for services ...
The Trump administration will implement a new policy Friday to make it more difficult for foreign nationals to travel to give birth on US soil to ensure their children become American citizens, a ...
The US department of state, consular affairs, is cracking down on ‘birth tourism’. According to an update on social media, US consular officers are stopping foreign visitors from abusing the ...
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) shared on July 1, 2025, the US Mission Uganda said consular officers will deny visa applications if they have reason to believe the applicant intends to travel for ...
A woman who ran a “birth tourism” operation was released from jail Monday after a federal judge gave her the lightest sentence possible. Now she faces deportation. Dongyuan Li’s operation ...
WASHINGTON, DC - Expectant mothers traveling to the United States with the expressed purpose of giving birth before returning home are presenting more complex medical, social and financial ...
Birth tourism is a lucrative business in both the US and abroad. American companies take out advertisements and charge up to $80,000 to facilitate the practice, offering hotel rooms and medical care.
The Trump administration on Thursday published new visa rules aimed at restricting “birth tourism," in which women travel to the U.S. to give birth so their children can have a coveted U.S ...
The Trump administration will implement a new policy Friday to make it more difficult for foreign nationals to travel to give birth on US soil to ensure their children become American citizens, a ...