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United States President Donald J. Trump says he’s taking action to combat “birth tourism,” a practice in which he says Caribbean women and other nationals travel to the United States with the purpose of giving birth to gain citizenship for their children.

“Organizations bring in large numbers of aliens (immigrants) to systematically exploit this loophole and unfairly provide citizenship for their children,” said Trump in a White House statement.

“Most birth tourism groups charge tens of thousands of dollars, which often doesn’t include coverage for medical care. Groups are flown to the United States and often brought to motels, whose owners are also often complicit in the scheme,” He said, adding that the State Department will stop issuing temporary visitor visas to applicants who are traveling to the United States to engage in birth tourism.

Source: CNW Network