Rep. Brandon Gill Grills Alleged ‘Birth Tourism’ Founder of ‘Have My Baby in Miami’ Who Refuses to Answer Any Questions: ‘I Plead the Fifth’ (Video)
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On Monday, during a House Oversight task force hearing, “Protecting American Citizenship: Confronting Birth Tourism,” Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) exposed birth tourism in the United States and forced an alleged founder of a company that peddles the practice to repeatedly plead the fifth.
The industry encourages women to travel to the United States specifically to give birth so the child automatically receives U.S. citizenship under the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause. The child becomes a citizen at birth even if the parents have no lawful permanent status and later return home.
While giving birth on U.S. soil is not itself illegal, obtaining a visitor visa under false pretenses when the primary purpose is to secure citizenship for the child is prohibited.
Typically, women usually enter the US on B-1/B-2 visitor visas, and a commercial industry of “maternity hotels” or birthing centers offers packages that include housing, transportation, medical arrangements, and sometimes shopping or nanny services. Packages have been advertised in the $20,000–$100,000 range, often targeting clients from China, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, and elsewhere.
Pediatrician Dr. Wladimir Lorentz, who runs ‘Have My Baby in Miami,’ was grilled by Rep. Gill during the hearing and pleaded the Fifth to every substantive question about marketing, client numbers, and whether he assisted people tied to foreign governments.
According to Local10News, the company, which marketed packages to foreign pregnant women who wanted to give birth in Miami so their children would receive U.S. citizenship, advertised “complete logistical support”: help with travel documents, housing, international health insurance, a step-by-step trip guide, obstetric care, and pediatric follow-up. Its website and social media claimed more than 2,000 deliveries of international patients.
Rep. Gill asked, “Is it true that your business, ‘Have my Baby in Miami,’ marketed itself to and facilitated the entry of forgeign nationals seeking to come to the United States to give birth and to obtain birthright citizenship for their children?”
Lorentz replied, “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer the questions on the grounds that a truthful answer may tend to incriminate me, and I invoke my rights under the 5th Amendment of the United States.”
Rep. Gill pressed on, “Ok. Witness invokes his Fifth Amendment right. I’ve your website right here that you’d spent quite a bit of time marketing which suggests you were, in fact, facilitating the entry of foreign nationals so that they could give birth and obtain citizenship for their children.”
He continued, “This is Have my Baby in Miami’s website. On the front page of it, the last line of the commentary states, ‘Now the dream of having a child in the United States is closer to reality than you ever imagined.”
“Is this your website, Dr. Lorentz?”
Lorentz repeated, “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer the questions on the grounds that a truthful answer may tend to incriminate me, and I invoke my rights under the 5th Amendment of the United States.”
Rep Gill continued, “On your website there is a step-by-step guide, “Preparing for the trip to the United States.’ It’s got information on arrival, waiting for the delivery, the birth, preparing for return, and returning back home to the person’s home country. It’s even got a section on legal topics. Do you recognize this?”
Lorentz repeated, “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer the questions on the grounds that a truthful answer may tend to incriminate me, and I invoke my rights under the 5th Amendment of the United States.”
Undeterred, Rep. Gill asked, “Dr. Lorentz, how many babies have you birthed in the United States to the parents of foreign nationals?”
Lorentz replied, again, “On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer the questions on the grounds that a truthful answer may tend to incriminate me, and I invoke my rights under the 5th Amendment of the United States.”
Rep. Gill pressed, “Your website says over 2,000 deliveries of international patients so far, so I think we can assume it’s over 2,000.”
Lorentz continued to plead the Fifth before Gill ultimately dismissed him.
Watch:
This is Dr. Wladimir Lorentz. He boasted on his website that he helped deliver roughly 2,000 babies through birth tourism.
Chairman @RepBrandonGill asked if he helped members of the Chinese Communist Party obtain American citizenship.
HE PLEADED THE FIFTH TO EVERY QUESTION. pic.twitter.com/na9WiQpSyr
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) September 1, 2026
On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order that sought to deny birthright citizenship to children of parents who were unlawfully present or on temporary visas.
The Supreme Court struck it down on June 30, 2026, in Trump v. Barbara.
Following the decision, in August, President Trump signed two new executive orders on birthright citizenship and birth tourism
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller then explained the two orders, one of which will “expand the definitions of people who are ineligible for birthright citizenship,” including “alien enemies of the United States, members of foreign terrorist organizations, and large categories of people who lobby and act on behalf of foreign governments.”
The other order bans birthright tourism, the practice by which people travel to the United States solely for the purpose of giving birth to a child on our soil. “No one in the world is anymore allowed to obtain a visa for this fraudulent purpose,” Miller said.
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