A federal judge appointed by Joe Biden has blocked President Donald Trump's latest effort to crack down on birth tourism, setting up yet another clash between the administration and the judiciary over immigration enforcement.
Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to investigate reports of possible instances of birth tourism schemes at hospitals.
Federal prosecutors were directed to prioritize probes into birth tourism schemes after the Supreme Court struck down President Trump's order on birthright citizenship.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against a Houston-area "birth tourism” scheme that is allegedly responsible for more than a thousand American-born babies.
