The U.S. Department of State announced Wednesday that it has established a Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force, saying the initiative has already resulted in hundreds of visa revocations involving foreign nationals suspected of abusing U.S. immigration and visa rules.

The announcement comes after President Donald Trump issued new executive orders aimed at addressing birth tourism. The administration’s actions follow a June 30 Supreme Court ruling that rejected Trump’s effort to end automatic U.S. citizenship for children born in the country to parents who are illegal immigrants or temporary visitors.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio highlighted concerns about visa abuse in a post on X.

“Elaborate birth tourism rings are profiting off the exploitation of America’s laws, coaching foreigners to defraud the U.S. visa system, arranging travel and housing, and even forging documents, all to enable foreign nationals to obtain citizenship for their children,” he said.

The State Department said it is reviewing the activities of visa holders around the world. Under the initiative, officials can revoke visas belonging to people suspected of participating in or helping facilitate birth tourism. The department said the broader objective is to break up organized networks and pursue those responsible.

Drawing on State Department records and information supplied by other federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the task force has revoked more than 600 visas during a single month.

Federal officials and U.S. consular personnel stationed at embassies and consulates worldwide have identified numerous instances in which applicants allegedly provided false or misleading information when seeking visas, according to the State Department.

The department cited the case of a foreign couple who allegedly lied twice on visa applications, first saying they planned to attend a conference and later claiming they were traveling for vacation. The couple subsequently gave birth to two children in the United States during separate trips.

Their visas were revoked.

In another case described by the department, a foreign national obtained a visa after saying she planned to vacation in Orlando. Instead, she traveled to Los Angeles and gave birth just five days after arriving in the United States.

Supreme Court Ruling Puts Birthright Citizenship Back in the Spotlight

The issue of birthright citizenship has taken on renewed significance following one of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions of the 2025–2026 term. The justices voted 6–3 to invalidate Trump’s executive order seeking to prevent children of illegal immigrants and certain temporary visa holders from automatically receiving U.S. citizenship at birth.

“A child born on American soil and subject to American law was made an American citizen,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion.

Trump subsequently said he intended to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider the case, though the high court rarely agrees to rehear cases it has already decided.

“This miscarriage of justice will destroy America if they don’t change their absolutely insane decision,” the president said at the time.

The administration ultimately failed to meet the July 27 deadline for submitting its petition, according to the report.

Trump’s two executive orders, signed on Aug. 6, seek to restrict birth tourism while also broadening the categories of people who could be considered ineligible for birthright citizenship, according to Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy.

The American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations moved the following day to stop the administration from enforcing the new executive orders, asking a federal judge on Aug. 11 to block them.

The dispute now places the State Department’s visa enforcement efforts alongside the broader administration battle over birth tourism and the constitutional rules governing citizenship for children born in the United States.