More than 6,000 US visas have been revoked in the past three months as part of a campaign to combat “birth tourism” in the country, the US State Department informed.

“The Department of State’s Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force has now revoked more than 6,000 visas from foreigners who engaged in or facilitated birth tourism. We are identifying and holding accountable everyone involved in this illicit practice,” the State Department said in a statement on X.

The US State Department had set up the aforesaid task force in early August. It aims to completely eliminate “birth tourism” in the country.

According to the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, people born in the US are recognized as citizens of the country.

But after his inauguration as US President on January 20, 2025, Donald Trump had signed an executive order restricting the granting of US citizenship by birth. It prohibited US government agencies from granting US citizenship to children of parents who were in the US illegally at the time of the child's birth.