Feds crack down on Chinese 'birth tourism'

Article CAIRCO note: 
The U.S. is one of the few countries in the world that grants citizenship to any child born here, regardless of the parents’ nationality ...
Article author: 
William La Jeunesse, Laura Prabucki
Article publisher: 
Fox News
Article date: 
3 March 2015
Article category: 
National News
Medium
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Airfare from the U.S. to China and a months-long stay in an Orange County, Calif., apartment: $80,000. A baby born a U.S. citizen: priceless.

In the largest operation of its kind, early Tuesday morning federal officials in Southern California served warrants at "Chinese birthing houses" or "maternity hotels," where wealthy Chinese nationals paid up to $80,000 for the sole purpose of giving birth in the U.S. to obtain citizenship for their children, earning in-state tuition to U.S. universities for them and permanent U.S. residency for the parents ...

Birth tourism is big business. An estimated 40,000 babies are born to couples posing as tourists each year. The U.S. is one of the few countries in the world [emphasis CAIRCO's]  that automatically grants citizenship to any child born here, regardless of the parents’ nationality ...

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