Acting Attorney General Targets Birth-Tourism Fraud After Supreme Court Ruling

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that the Justice Department will prioritize investigations into alleged birth-tourism schemes, directing prosecutors and law-enforcement partners to pursue fraud charges. The directive follows the Supreme Court’s recent ruling upholding birthright citizenship, which the department said underscores the need to enforce immigration laws. Blanche instructed the department’s prosecutors to work closely with Homeland Security Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigation on these cases. He noted that birth-tourism accounts for less than one percent of U.

S. births, but the government will treat it as a fraud matter. The announcement was reported by The Guardian.