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Texas Targets Birth Tourism Providers | San Antonio News
Texas is cracking down on birth tourism—where foreign expectant mothers travel to the U.S. to give birth for automatic citizenship—targeting hospitals and clinics suspected of enabling or profiting from the practice, not the mothers themselves. Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued a Houston postpartum center for allegedly coaching visitors on immigration fraud, while Governor Abbott insists citizenship isn’t for sale. Though giving birth in the U.S. as a foreigner isn’t illegal, the state’s focus is on businesses facilitating visa fraud. Immigration lawyers warn this could deter immigrants…
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