State Department Says Its New Birth-Tourism Task Force Has Already Revoked More Than 600 Visas

In a fact sheet dated August 12, 2026, the State Department said its Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force has revoked more than 600 visas from foreign nationals worldwide. The task force was established six days after Trump signed the August 6 executive order on birth tourism, and reviews the activities and travel histories of visa holders globally, drawing on records held across the department and at the Department of Homeland Security, to identify people who traveled to the United States to give birth. The department described individual cases in which travelers stated one purpose for their trip and gave birth instead, and said facilitators advertising birth-in-the-U.S. services would also be pursued.

Visa revocation is a discretionary consular power that carries almost no avenue for administrative or judicial review, which makes the volume and speed here notable independent of the underlying conduct alleged.

The department said foreign nationals who willfully misrepresent the purpose of their travel may be permanently ineligible for a U.S. visa or entry, and closed the fact sheet by saying this is only the beginning. No litigation over the task force has been reported.