Births

Birthright citizenship is in the news because of recent developments. For over 20 years, pregnant Chinese women have been traveling to the United States to give birth. Giving birth in the US has become a common practice for many wealthy Chinese families. In the past, many wanted to escape China's one-child policy. Today, some see it as a first step towards future immigration to the US. Over one million women have come here to have their babies. AP Jan 2025 A California woman was sentenced Monday to more than three years in prison in a long-running case over a business that helped pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States to deliver babies who automatically became American citizens. Dong and her husband, Michael Liu, were among more than a dozen people charged in an Obama-era crackdown on so-called “birth tourism” schemes that helped Chinese women hide their pregnancies while traveling to the US to give birth. Such businesses have long operated in various states catering to people from China, Russia, Nigeria and elsewhere It is currently not illegal but the US makes it difficult to get a tourist Visa if that is the purpose of the visit. The Supreme Court is expected to rule on this in June