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Doug Burgum: “Birth tourism is on our radar. And in particular, we've had…”

Featuring: Doug Burgum, Republican | U.S. Secretary of the Interior | National

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Rep. Tom Tiffany Questions Secretary Burgum On Issues Facing Our Interior

Published | Video Starts at 02:30

… have children here, have babies here, and then they become citizens solely as a result of having birth in a place that is part of America? Thank you, Representative. Yes. Birth tourism is on our radar. And in particular, we've had some issues in our territories that we manage in the Pacific where China was exploiting low cost, high volume Tourism visas to flood some of our places, like the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands with visitors. And so it's a real thing that we're directly involved in. So thank you for bringing attention to this issue. And you are taking action, is that correct? (02:30–02:51)

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Asserts that China exploited tourism visas for birth tourism in U.S. Pacific territories.

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