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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Texas Governor Directs Investigation into ‘Birth Packages’ for Foreign Nationals.

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