Trump Administration Targets Maternity Tourism with Visa Revocations and New Task Force

The Trump administration created a task force to locate and cancel visas related to maternity tourism.

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The Trump administration announced the creation of a new task force to locate foreign nationals who traveled to the United States to give birth and identify intermediaries organizing these trips. ^[1] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its affiliates called on 2026-09-03 for the withdrawal of National Guard troops, including Puerto Rican units, from Washington, D.C., where military patrols have become increasingly normalized. ^[2] In December 2024, Michael Wei Yueh Liu received a 41-month prison sentence for conspiracy and 10 counts of international money laundering for operating a business that housed Chinese women and instructed them to hide pregnancies. ^[3] The Department of State coordinates this task force with the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies to investigate maternity tourism. ^[4] The task force investigates consular requests, travel histories, migration records, financial information, and data from previous operations to find matches between advanced pregnancies and visa applications. ^[5] According to reports, nearly 150 Puerto Rico National Guard troops had been assigned to Washington, D.C., as of mid-August 2026, as part of President Donald Trump's policy of deploying military personnel in metropolitan cities. ^[6] The ACLU's leadership in San Juan said on 2026-09-03 that the crisis those troops could be addressing is in Puerto Rico, not Washington, D.C. ^[7]

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its affiliates called on 2026-09-03 for the withdrawal of National Guard troops, including Puerto Rican units, from Washington, D.C., where military patrols have become increasingly normalized. ·

El Nuevo DíaPuerto Rico

In December 2024, Michael Wei Yueh Liu received a 41-month prison sentence for conspiracy and 10 counts of international money laundering for operating a business that housed Chinese women and instructed them to hide pregnancies. · El Universal

The Department of State coordinates this task force with the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies to investigate maternity tourism. · El Universal

The task force investigates consular requests, travel histories, migration records, financial information, and data from previous operations to find matches between advanced pregnancies and visa applications. · El Universal

According to reports, nearly 150 Puerto Rico National Guard troops had been assigned to Washington, D.C., as of mid-August 2026, as part of President Donald Trump's policy of deploying military personnel in metropolitan cities. ·

El Nuevo DíaPuerto Rico

The ACLU's leadership in San Juan said on 2026-09-03 that the crisis those troops could be addressing is in Puerto Rico, not Washington, D.C. ·

El Nuevo DíaPuerto Rico

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