Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Trump Administration Denies Visas to Birth Tourists Under Citizenship Order
There is a rule in America that says babies born in the United States are American citizens.
Because of that rule, some people travel to America just to have their babies there.
This is called 'birth tourism.'
The White House says it wants to stop this.
It says it will say no to visas for people who seem to be coming for this reason.
That means the parents and the people who plan these trips may not be allowed in.
A person named Will Scharf works at the White House and talked about this.
He said criminal groups are bringing many people to have babies in America.
He said these people come just to get American citizenship for their babies.
This is a big and serious topic that many people have strong feelings about.
The White House is denying visas to people believed to be coming to the United States for birth tourism.
White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf described the policy as looking 'very heavily' at denying visas for that purpose.
Visas will be targeted at both 'putative parents' and the people organizing birth tourism rings.
Scharf alleged that 'criminal rings' bring 'tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of people' to give birth in the U.S.
The administration says the trips are made 'purely for the sake of obtaining birthright citizenship.'
- Who
- The White House, represented by Staff Secretary Will Scharf
- What
- Denial of visas to people suspected of coming to the U.S. for birth tourism under birthright citizenship executive orders
- When
- Under the current Trump administration
- Where
- United States
- Why
- The administration alleges people come 'purely for the sake of obtaining birthright citizenship'
- Policy
- Denying visas to people believed to be coming to the U.S. for birth tourism
- Targeted Groups
- Putative parents and organizers of birth tourism rings
- Administration Claim
- Criminal rings facilitate large-scale birth tourism for birthright citizenship
- Speaker
- White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf
- Related Policy
- Birthright citizenship executive orders