Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered an investigation into a South Texas hospital over billboards in Mexico advertising birth tourism packages. Abbott directed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) on Wednesday to investigate allegations that a Rio Grande Valley hospital promoted birth tourism packages to foreign nationals, according to a press release from Abbott’s Office. (RELATED: Supreme Court Shoots Down Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order) Abbott called birth tourism an illegal practice that “exploits the extraordinary hospitality” of Texas and the United States in a letter to state health officials. Texas will not permit the exploitation of its healthcare system or its citizenship laws.…Open
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) directed state officials on Tuesday to “immediately” launch an investigation into a state hospital for allegedly seeking to profit from “birth tourism” practices. Abbott said in a letter to Stephanie Muth, the executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, that Mission Regional Medical Center has advertised “BIRTH PACKAGES IN SOUTH TEXAS” in foreign countries “in an apparent effort to profit from securing United States citizenship for their children.” Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5959235-abbott-texas-birth-tourism/ #BirthrightCitizenship #BirthTourism #GregAbbott #Texas #Hospital #Mexico
Governor Greg Abbott has directed an investigation into a Texas hospital accused of marketing services to foreign nationals seeking U.S. citizenship for their newborns.
Governor Greg Abbott has directed an investigation into a Texas hospital accused of marketing services to foreign nationals seeking U.S. citizenship for their newborns. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) has instructed the state Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to investigate Mission Regional Medical Center for allegedly promoting birth tourism by advertising maternity packages to foreign nationals seeking U.S. citizenship for their children. DETAIL: Abbott said the practice exploits U.S. immigration laws by encouraging foreign nationals to travel to the United States to give birth so their children obtain American citizenship, and directed regulators to determine whether the hospital violated…Open
