Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio announced a new visa restriction under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Secretary Rubio stated, “Foreign commercial birth tourism networks have exploited the U.S. immigration system to sell U.S. citizenship for profit. These networks advertise and coach foreign nationals to lie on U.S. visa applications and collect tens of thousands of dollars to arrange births on American soil for the sole purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship.”

The policy “targets individuals who knowingly engage in, have engaged in, or facilitate birth tourism to the United States, including owners, operators, and managers of commercial birth tourism facilitation networks, visa ‘fixers’ who coach applicants to commit fraud, foreign medical providers who knowingly abet and facilitate such travel and the fraudulent use of our Medicaid system, and other individuals who support, abet, and enable commercial birth tourism.”

As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…

• For wisdom for Secretary Rubio as he oversees the implementation of the visa restriction to counter foreign commercial birth tourism networks.
• For the president and members of his administration as they seek to prevent the approval of fraudulent visa applications.
• For the Lord’s will and purposes to be accomplished in the United States and through its governing officials.