House Task Force Subpoenas Birth Tourism Companies Nationwide

Rep. Brandon Gill’s task force has subpoenaed several birth tourism companies and requested records from a Miami operation and three others nationwide, Fox News reported. Gill, who chairs the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses, said the companies may be engaging in criminal conspiracy by helping foreign nationals enter the country to give birth and misrepresent their intentions on visa forms.

State Department regulations already bar visitor visas when the primary purpose is to give birth in the United States for citizenship. Gill stated that birth tourism is illegal under current law and described the practice as an obvious abuse of the immigration system. His panel has been examining such companies since at least 2025.

A Spanish-language billboard in Mission, Texas promoted the now-defunct “Have My Baby In Texas” website and listed birth prices of $3,950 and Caesarean sections for $5,525 at Mission Regional Medical Center. The sign included an international phone code and prompted the State of Texas to open its own investigation of the hospital.

Residents or citizens. The hospital stated the limited marketing campaign was discontinued after it caused unintended misunderstanding and produced little patient volume. Sen. Jim Banks introduced legislation to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order that deems the illegal immigration crisis an invasion and cites the 1898 Wong Kim Ark Supreme Court case.

Gill called the bill a phenomenal plan of action. Rep. James Comer said in May that birth tourism exploits U.S. immigration law and that those who misrepresent their intentions are breaking the law. Justice Brett Kavanaugh indicated in a June 30 concurrence that Congress could act through legislation on birthright citizenship.