{"id":90540,"date":"2026-06-11T08:54:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=90540"},"modified":"2026-06-11T08:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:54:54","slug":"us-cracks-down-on-birth-tourism-by-africans-seeking-citizenship-for-newborns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/11\/us-cracks-down-on-birth-tourism-by-africans-seeking-citizenship-for-newborns\/","title":{"rendered":"US cracks down on birth tourism by Africans seeking citizenship for newborns"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA25jwtz.img?w=768&h=432&m=6&x=175&y=160&s=668&d=67\" alt=\"The Trump administration has been enhancing restrictions against illegal pathways to citizenship. Photo: Photo by Win McNamee. Source: Getty Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The United States has intensified its crackdown on birth tourism, dismantling organised visa fraud networks across Africa and Europe . <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-xl\/news\/other\/us-cracks-down-on-birth-tourism-by-africans-seeking-citizenship-for-newborns\/ar-AA25j9VJ?ocid=BingNewsVerp\">Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The United States has intensified its crackdown on birth tourism, dismantling organised visa fraud networks across Africa and Europe . Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Birth-tourism1.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90542,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90540\/revisions\/90542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}