World Cup's Open Borders Moment: Peter Schweizer Raises Birth Tourism Concerns as Over a Million Fans Enter the U.S.

Since our last World Cup coverage on June 17, the tournament's off-field story has focused increasingly on birth tourism. The matches themselves — England vs. Croatia in Dallas — are drawing enormous crowds. But Peter Schweizer, host of The Drill Down podcast and author of the recent bestseller The Invisible Coup, is focused on a different kind of traffic.

The Birth Tourism Angle

Schweizer's argument, reported by Breitbart on June 17, centers on a key claim: more than a million foreign nationals entering the U.S. for the World Cup creates a logistical cover that birth tourism networks can exploit. A U.S. embassy in West Africa, according to Schweizer, uncovered a network of more than 100 foreign nationals using fraudulent documents and visa "fixers" to secure U.S. entry so their children could be born as American citizens. A second embassy in Europe flagged 400 suspicious cases since 2024. A third network in North Africa led to more than 100 visa revocations.

Schweizer told co-host Eric Eggers that the Trump administration has taken formal action against these networks, which he describes as a significant departure from prior policy. "The Obama and Biden administrations told Customs and Border Patrol to ignore that rule," Schweizer said, referring to a federal statute that gives CBP authority to deny entry to anyone traveling specifically to give birth on U.S. soil. He says both prior administrations instructed CBP officers not to ask pregnant travelers about the purpose of their visit.

CBP has not publicly confirmed or denied those specific instructions. No independent reporting from a non-partisan outlet has corroborated Schweizer's claim about Obama/Biden-era directives.

What's Actually Proven

The visa revocations and embassy-level crackdowns are concrete actions. The Trump administration's broader push on birthright citizenship is documented: material from Schweizer's book was cited in the administration's oral argument brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in an active birthright citizenship case. The Court is expected to rule on that case later this month, according to Schweizer.

The Sinaloa cartel detail Schweizer cites — that the cartel's leader sent his wife to the U.S. to give birth to twins — is a claim from his book. No separate court filing or federal indictment is cited to support it in the Breitbart report.

The Strongest Counter-Argument

Critics of birthright citizenship enforcement raise a legitimate constitutional concern: the 14th Amendment states that all persons "born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens." Legal scholars who defend the current interpretation argue that CBP restrictions on pregnant travelers, or any executive action curtailing birthright citizenship, would require a constitutional amendment, not an executive order or Supreme Court reinterpretation. This is the dominant reading in federal courts. The Supreme Court case currently under consideration is precisely about whether that reading holds.

Schweizer's counter is that "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" was always meant to exclude the children of those who entered unlawfully or under fraudulent pretenses — that the current interpretation is itself a drift from original meaning. Both sides cite history. Neither has a clean knockout argument.

The World Cup Piece

The sports angle is thin in the sources provided. OutKick (via Fox News) covered a British fan in a cowboy hat sampling Texas brisket ahead of the England-Croatia match, and Croatian model and social media personality Ivana Knoll attending the England-Croatia match at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. England won that match 4-2. Both pieces are color coverage with no substantive news content beyond atmosphere.

Timothy Howard, former U.S. Men's National Team goalkeeper, told OutKick that the USMNT "gained momentum" from its win over Paraguay and predicted the U.S. will "play Australia off the park" in their next match.

What Comes Next

The Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship, which Schweizer says is expected before the end of the month, is the key fulcrum here. If the Court narrows the 14th Amendment's citizenship guarantee, CBP's authority to act on birth tourism cases expands significantly. If the Court reaffirms the existing interpretation, the administration's visa-revocation approach remains the primary tool, and the legislative path becomes far harder. The timing, with the World Cup generating record foreign visitor numbers, raises questions about coordination.