# US cancels 600 visas for birth tourism; Rubio: citizenship not for sale 2026-08-13T20:28:01+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The US State Department has revoked more than 600 visas in a month as part of a new crackdown on birth tourism. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force to investigate networks that coach foreign nationals to travel to the US specifically to give birth. Rubio wrote that American citizenship is not for sale, drawing a community note on X that pointed to the Trump administration's Gold Card programme, which offers a pathway to residency and citizenship for a contribution of $1-2 million. The State Department said it will review visa-holder activity and coordinate with Homeland Security and other agencies. The task force cited cases where travellers concealed the purpose of travel or used forged documents. The effort is part of broader immigration enforcement, but legal challenges continue over Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment. ## Coverage - indiatoday.in - timesnownews.com Tags: birth tourism, Gold Card, Marco Rubio, Trump administration, US citizenship, Visa crackdown Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/rubio-says-citizenship-not-for-sale-netizens-point-to-trumps-gold-card/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/rubio-says-citizenship-not-for-sale-netizens-point-to-trumps-gold-card/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.