Marco Rubio Cracks Down on 'Birth Tourism' Scammers Who 'Sell Citizenship' to US

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Jun 13th, 2026, 4:50 pm


Secretary of State Marco Rubio is spearheading the Trump administration’s crackdown on “birth tourism” by targeting scam artists who have been using bogus documents and visas to let pregnant travelers come to the U.S. and give birth to kids who automatically become American citizens.

Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany had a report on the crackdown on Saturday in America. She reported hundreds of visas were yanked by the administration last week. “The State Department [is] shutting down a sophisticated tourism network after the U.S. Embassy in West Africa revealed more than 100 foreign nationals were using fraudulent documents and visa fixers to illegally obtain American citizenship,” McEnany explained.

“It was a similar story in North Africa. Over 100 Visas were just revoked as embassy there said expecting mothers were coming to America to give birth for the sole purpose of giving their child American citizenship,” she continued. “Meanwhile in Europe, we now know that there was over 400 suspected birth tourism cases since 2024.”

McEnany then brought on State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott to discuss it more. “These are networks that are essentially trying to sell citizenship to the United States as if it was a commodity,” Pigott said. “That includes coaching people on how to defraud U.S. Consular Officers to try to obtain a visa through fraud.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/marco-rubio-cracks-down-on-birth-tourism-scammers-who-sell-citizenship-to-us/

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“These are networks that are essentially trying to sell citizenship to the United States as if it was a commodity

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[NBachers]

1. Of course, the Russians staying in *rump properties for the purpose of birth tourism are a different (white) story.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Trump+Russian+Birth+Tourist+hotels+in+Florida&atb=v466-1&ia=web

[Easterncedar]

2. You beat me to it.

The scam was infuriating before he was elected. The lack of reporting on it now in the face of the regime’s racism and hypocrisy makes me want to howl.

[moreland01]

3. What part is illegal?

Is it illegal to help arrange (for pay) for people to have their babies in the US? I'm genuinely curious.

[Prairie Gates]

4. We watched the USMNT first World Cup game Thursday in a bar...when Rubio came up on the screen

The whole place started booing.

To be fair, he was sitting next to that skunk Infantino, so it's anyone's guess who was receiving the loudest boos.

[dalton99a]

5. Kick

https://southfloridareporter.com/trump-properties-profit-russians-flocking-miami-give-birth/

[travelingthrulife]

6. I thought they wanted more babies.White supremacist bs.

Meanwhile Trump sells citizenship to the highest bidder.

[dave99]

7. All run by Republicans

poor little mario

[Katcat]

8. Hey Little Marco

Start here


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump

[Quanto Magnus]

9. Oh, but that is for

rich white people....
and it's totally ok if Trump is the one running the scam/fraud

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. MaddowBlog-GOP officials eye restrictions on pregnant travelers following Supreme Court ruling

How exactly would U.S. officials go about determining whether someone entering the country is pregnant?

As Republicans eye new restrictions on pregnant travelers coming to the United States, a question hangs overhead:

How, exactly, would U.S. officials go about determining whether someone entering the country is pregnant or not?
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— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-07-01T14:07:19.391Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/restrictions-us-pregnant-travelers-supreme-court-birthright

Republican Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee said Tuesday he’s moving forward with plans for legislation that he’s calling the Anchors Away Act, which would ban certain pregnant foreign women from entering the United States.

“So, I have a bill; it will be called ‘Anchors Away,’ which, look, if you’re not a U.S. citizen, if you’re not a green card holder and you have a child on U.S. soil, today, that child will be a U.S. citizen,” Ogles said in a video posted to social media. “Under my bill, under my legislation, we fix that. … So in short, what this bill does is, if you are a pregnant woman, you can’t come into this country. You got to be a citizen, be here, you have to be a green card holder. So if you’re pregnant and you don’t have one of those statuses, no admittance allowed,” he continued.

As HuffPost noted, “The ‘anchor’ part of Ogles’ bill refers to the pejorative term, ‘anchor babies,’ used by many conservatives to describe children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants.”....

As the day progressed, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller also appeared on Fox News, and when asked whether the U.S. is prepared to start “banning pregnant women,” Miller didn’t say no, replying instead that there are “a lot of things” the Trump administration will take “a hard look” at.

Stephen Miller says the Trump administration will take “a hard look” at banning foreign pregnant women from the country

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-07-01T00:26:43.277Z

On Wednesday morning, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin also said the administration is prepared to “look at” restrictions on pregnant travelers to the U.S.

I won’t pretend to know what, if anything, will come of this, but I do have a question for proponents of these restrictions: How exactly would U.S. officials go about determining whether someone entering the country is pregnant?