ebruary 9, 2015
By Aimee Picchi
...The number of Chinese women (click here) giving birth in the U.S. more than doubled to about 10,000 in 2012, up from about 4,200 in 2008, according to CNN Money, which cited Chinese state media. While that's a small sliver of the estimated 16 million babies born in China every year, the boost represents a trend among well-heeled Chinese families who want to give their child the opportunity to secure a U.S. passport.
The trend hasn't only hit the U.S., with Hong Kong seeing a doubling of births to moms from mainland China in 2012, thanks in part to the former British colony's providing automatic rights to the mothers and their babies. While Hong Kong has since cracked down on the practice, so-called "birth tourism" isn't illegal in the U.S., and businesses in China have popped up to provide expectant mothers with travel packages to the U.S. for rates as high as $50,000, according to Foreign Policy magazine.
For some Chinese mothers, traveling to the U.S. to give birth allows them to bypass China's one-child policy, CNN Money notes. Not every couple can have more than one child in China, despite an easing of the rules. It noted that one woman, a hairstylist named Miao Yu, spent $30,000 to give birth to her second child in the U.S....
The fourteenth Amendment is important, but, birth tourism before the birth of the child is illegitimate and can be legislated. The legislation has to be focused on the mother and the criminality of her actions in coming to the USA for the sole purpose of changing her child's country homeland. The idea a woman comes to the USA to change the country homeland of her child has to be a violation in laws in China. It could be connected to the recognition of passports when leaving China.
I am sure there are more than Chinese women coming to the USA for birth tourism.
The practice has lasting effects on the USA.
May 1, 2015
By Matt Sheehan
BEIJING -- When Ma Fahong (click here) approached the immigration desk at Los Angeles International Airport, the customs agent had only two questions for her.
“Why are you coming to the U.S.?”
“I’m here to have a baby.”
“How much cash do you have on you?”
“I only have $1,000 in cash, but I have a debit card with much more in the bank.”
Passport stamped. Welcome to Los Angeles.
Ma is part of a growing wave of Chinese women who are flocking to the United States -- California, in particular -- to have children who will grow up as American citizens. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizenship to every person born on American soil, a fact that has long motivated foreigners from all over the world to give birth in the U.S....
Why do a census? Why does the USA complete a census every ten years?
The actions of these women are illegal. The place where they cross the line lies with the census of the USA and it's purpose.
The U.S. Constitution (click here) empowers the Congress to carry out the census in "such manner as they shall by Law direct" (Article I, Section 2). The Founders of our fledgling nation had a bold and ambitious plan to empower the people over their new government. The plan was to count every person living in the newly created United States of America, and to use that count to determine representation in the Congress....
So what is going to happen with birth tourism? Will the State Department have to go around the world to conduct a census for babies not yet residing in the USA as an American? Is that going to happen? They are Americans, right? So, they have to be counted for the census.
How is that going to work? Will their birth be credited to their birth place in the USA or will it be attributed to foreign relations in some capacity?
This IS an issue. It is not a made up problem. These are not simply babies, they are planned Americans from China or any other country a mother decides to give birth in the USA.
Personally, I think this is treason to the country of origin. Why? Because mothers are planning to have their child take up residency in the USA, possibly at the age of five when they have the right to attend school. And, mom will come with them. And, possibly Dad and siblings.
THIS IS A MESS.
I have all the compassion one can muster if a woman is having health issues with her pregnancy and the USA has the facilities that will provide for a safe delivery, but, that occurs with the understanding the child is a foreign national at birth.
But, birth tourism operates under the radar to deceive the USA and the country of origin. In the case of China, the women are seeking to circumvent the one child policy. That is criminality.
The USA is a compassionate standard for those seeking asylum. A baby of a foreign national will never have that need. They can simply get an airline ticket and come home to the USA.
There is also a problem with the safety of the citizen. Currently, Russia demands people to pay a fee if they have dual citizenship. I think everyone knows with the nationalism in Russia that law will lead to different penalties and not just fees. Russia doesn't allow adoption of their children anymore, what happens if a pregnant Russia gives birth in the USA?
I think it is very, very wrong and remiss for the USA to simply look the other way and shrug shoulders and claim the 14th Amendment wins out. I do not believe this issue is that simple.
The entire concept plays with awarding VISAs. The number of VISAs awarded has fluctuated over time. They are issued because workers are needed or a student is attending the university, but, what happens when 10,000 people come to the USA from one generation of Chinese?
Birth tourism is simply wrong. The USA has to take this seriously because it assaults the US Constitution and the depth of meaning of that document. The USA Constitution never meant to invite foreign nationals to have their babies on our soil. This idea of expensive travel to give birth is unethical medically and it is immoral when considering the children are innocent to the actions of their parent.
The State Department needs to start recording these babies and their homeland. The parents can be made to register with their country of origin before they are allowed entry to the USA. That idea is legal and can act to prevent such movement of people to the USA.
The USA currently has Americans in China and who knows where else, what are we doing to insure their well being? What action is being taken to be sure the country of origin of their parents is providing a quality of life Americans are used to? It's time to get serious and begin the paperwork to understand the enormity of the issue and how it will impact the USA. One of the reasons the US Census is conducted is to also understand our people and their conditions to plan for the future. Currently, the USA is missing information for it's census. I have to wonder if the Census can be challenged because these children were accounted for!!!!!
By Aimee Picchi
...The number of Chinese women (click here) giving birth in the U.S. more than doubled to about 10,000 in 2012, up from about 4,200 in 2008, according to CNN Money, which cited Chinese state media. While that's a small sliver of the estimated 16 million babies born in China every year, the boost represents a trend among well-heeled Chinese families who want to give their child the opportunity to secure a U.S. passport.
The trend hasn't only hit the U.S., with Hong Kong seeing a doubling of births to moms from mainland China in 2012, thanks in part to the former British colony's providing automatic rights to the mothers and their babies. While Hong Kong has since cracked down on the practice, so-called "birth tourism" isn't illegal in the U.S., and businesses in China have popped up to provide expectant mothers with travel packages to the U.S. for rates as high as $50,000, according to Foreign Policy magazine.
For some Chinese mothers, traveling to the U.S. to give birth allows them to bypass China's one-child policy, CNN Money notes. Not every couple can have more than one child in China, despite an easing of the rules. It noted that one woman, a hairstylist named Miao Yu, spent $30,000 to give birth to her second child in the U.S....
The fourteenth Amendment is important, but, birth tourism before the birth of the child is illegitimate and can be legislated. The legislation has to be focused on the mother and the criminality of her actions in coming to the USA for the sole purpose of changing her child's country homeland. The idea a woman comes to the USA to change the country homeland of her child has to be a violation in laws in China. It could be connected to the recognition of passports when leaving China.
I am sure there are more than Chinese women coming to the USA for birth tourism.
The practice has lasting effects on the USA.
May 1, 2015
By Matt Sheehan
BEIJING -- When Ma Fahong (click here) approached the immigration desk at Los Angeles International Airport, the customs agent had only two questions for her.
“Why are you coming to the U.S.?”
“I’m here to have a baby.”
“How much cash do you have on you?”
“I only have $1,000 in cash, but I have a debit card with much more in the bank.”
Passport stamped. Welcome to Los Angeles.
Ma is part of a growing wave of Chinese women who are flocking to the United States -- California, in particular -- to have children who will grow up as American citizens. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizenship to every person born on American soil, a fact that has long motivated foreigners from all over the world to give birth in the U.S....
Why do a census? Why does the USA complete a census every ten years?
The actions of these women are illegal. The place where they cross the line lies with the census of the USA and it's purpose.
The U.S. Constitution (click here) empowers the Congress to carry out the census in "such manner as they shall by Law direct" (Article I, Section 2). The Founders of our fledgling nation had a bold and ambitious plan to empower the people over their new government. The plan was to count every person living in the newly created United States of America, and to use that count to determine representation in the Congress....
So what is going to happen with birth tourism? Will the State Department have to go around the world to conduct a census for babies not yet residing in the USA as an American? Is that going to happen? They are Americans, right? So, they have to be counted for the census.
How is that going to work? Will their birth be credited to their birth place in the USA or will it be attributed to foreign relations in some capacity?
This IS an issue. It is not a made up problem. These are not simply babies, they are planned Americans from China or any other country a mother decides to give birth in the USA.
Personally, I think this is treason to the country of origin. Why? Because mothers are planning to have their child take up residency in the USA, possibly at the age of five when they have the right to attend school. And, mom will come with them. And, possibly Dad and siblings.
THIS IS A MESS.
I have all the compassion one can muster if a woman is having health issues with her pregnancy and the USA has the facilities that will provide for a safe delivery, but, that occurs with the understanding the child is a foreign national at birth.
But, birth tourism operates under the radar to deceive the USA and the country of origin. In the case of China, the women are seeking to circumvent the one child policy. That is criminality.
The USA is a compassionate standard for those seeking asylum. A baby of a foreign national will never have that need. They can simply get an airline ticket and come home to the USA.
There is also a problem with the safety of the citizen. Currently, Russia demands people to pay a fee if they have dual citizenship. I think everyone knows with the nationalism in Russia that law will lead to different penalties and not just fees. Russia doesn't allow adoption of their children anymore, what happens if a pregnant Russia gives birth in the USA?
I think it is very, very wrong and remiss for the USA to simply look the other way and shrug shoulders and claim the 14th Amendment wins out. I do not believe this issue is that simple.
The entire concept plays with awarding VISAs. The number of VISAs awarded has fluctuated over time. They are issued because workers are needed or a student is attending the university, but, what happens when 10,000 people come to the USA from one generation of Chinese?
Birth tourism is simply wrong. The USA has to take this seriously because it assaults the US Constitution and the depth of meaning of that document. The USA Constitution never meant to invite foreign nationals to have their babies on our soil. This idea of expensive travel to give birth is unethical medically and it is immoral when considering the children are innocent to the actions of their parent.
The State Department needs to start recording these babies and their homeland. The parents can be made to register with their country of origin before they are allowed entry to the USA. That idea is legal and can act to prevent such movement of people to the USA.
The USA currently has Americans in China and who knows where else, what are we doing to insure their well being? What action is being taken to be sure the country of origin of their parents is providing a quality of life Americans are used to? It's time to get serious and begin the paperwork to understand the enormity of the issue and how it will impact the USA. One of the reasons the US Census is conducted is to also understand our people and their conditions to plan for the future. Currently, the USA is missing information for it's census. I have to wonder if the Census can be challenged because these children were accounted for!!!!!
