US tightens birth tourism rules: What Indians travelling for childbirth should know

The State Department says the policy targets commercial networks, visa ‘fixers’ and medical providers, rather than creating a blanket ban on pregnant travellers.The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced new visa restrictions targeting nationals who facilitate commercial “birth tourism”, escalating the Trump administration’s crackdown on programmes wherein foreign nationals travel to the United States to give birth so that their children can receive American citizenship.