Feds bring first-ever charges against 'birth tourism' scheme

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“Prosecutors detailed one communication where a birthing house operator was discussing whether she had to refund a customer’s money because “the baby is a girl, her husband arranged abortion for her.”

Sex-selective abortions are not uncommon in China, which helped push the birth rate for males to 1.15 for every female in 2017, according to World Bank data.”
 
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Yeah, because we should always strip rights away because some people do something we don't like with them, right? Huh...wait...does that mean we should get rid of guns because some people use them for wrong things? To be honest I think guns cause more trouble then "birth tourism" does, maybe we should deal with those rights first? :wave:
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Guns don't kill; people do. We had a gun that never killed anyone.
 
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Yeah, because we should always strip rights away because some people do something we don't like with them, right? Huh...wait...does that mean we should get rid of guns because some people use them for wrong things? To be honest I think guns cause more trouble then "birth tourism" does, maybe we should deal with those rights first? :wave:
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Why the false equivalencies?
 
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They are getting them as running a scam. From the article:

“The scam operators advertised their businesses in China, saying the U.S. had better air, better jobs, better schools and “the most attractive nationality,” prosecutors said.

Chinese government officials were among the clients, prosecutors said.

Some of the Chinese scammers even skipped out on their medical bills, according to the indictments unsealed Thursday.


“America’s way of life is not for sale,” said Joseph Macias, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations Los Angeles.”

But still, none of that is illegal. To say "the U.S. had better air, better jobs, better schools and “the most attractive nationality,”" is an opinion no different than saying the gulf coast of Florida has the most attractive beaches in the world. Fully half of the people you say that to are going to disagree, but saying it isn't illegal.

There must be a law proscribing a specific behavior and then a person engaging in that behavior for there to be a crime. And so far, based on these press reports, I see no crime in this whatever.
 
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But still, none of that is illegal. To say "the U.S. had better air, better jobs, better schools and “the most attractive nationality,”" is an opinion no different than saying the gulf coast of Florida has the most attractive beaches in the world. Fully half of the people you say that to are going to disagree, but saying it isn't illegal.

There must be a law proscribing a specific behavior and then a person engaging in that behavior for there to be a crime. And so far, based on these press reports, I see no crime in this whatever.
Don’t know if you had the time to read the entire article linked in the OP.

The scammers are the target of the indictment. They could however get the women on overstaying a visa.
 
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But still, none of that is illegal. To say "the U.S. had better air, better jobs, better schools and “the most attractive nationality,”" is an opinion no different than saying the gulf coast of Florida has the most attractive beaches in the world. Fully half of the people you say that to are going to disagree, but saying it isn't illegal.

There must be a law proscribing a specific behavior and then a person engaging in that behavior for there to be a crime. And so far, based on these press reports, I see no crime in this whatever.

There are laws against fraud, and they are defrauding the government (and all Americans) for citizenship.

what your doing is coming in, defrauding the US government and U.S. citizens of citizenship, and then leaving it up to the actual citizens to uphold their responsibilities of citizenship in the hopes of economic or political gain on down the road, as their loyalties will be to their home countries. The U.S. is not their home country if they are not declaring citizenship and staying here.

While it doesn't seem overtly illegal on the surface, it is a form of fraud.
 
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Why the false equivalencies?
"false equivalencies"? How so? It's in the Constitution, it's a right and the suggestion is it needs to be curtailed because some people are not using it how you think it should be. Man, throw in a picture of Wayne LaPierre and something about "cold dead hand" and it could be an ad for the NRA! :wave:
tulc(is just sayn') :sorry:
 
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"false equivalencies"? How so? It's in the Constitution, it's a right and the suggestion is it needs to be curtailed because some people are not using it how you think it should be. Man, throw in a picture of Wayne LaPierre and something about "cold dead hand" and it could be an ad for the NRA! :wave:
tulc(is just sayn') :sorry:
You are comparing fraud with guns.
 
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You are comparing fraud with guns.
Actually I'm comparing two rights that are in the Constitution, one of which has led to the deaths of thousands of people over the years and one that doesn't. :wave:
tulc(thought the comparison was quite accurate) :)
 
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Actually I'm comparing two rights that are in the Constitution, one of which has led to the deaths of thousands of people over the years and one that doesn't. :wave:
tulc(thought the comparison was quite accurate) :)
The government must enforce all its laws.

Yes prosecution of murder is the highest priority. But law enforcement and justice must address all lawlessness.

The article is about another nation scamming and circumventing our immigration policy.

Kind of like Russians trying to scam our elections.
 
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Actually I'm comparing two rights that are in the Constitution, one of which has led to the deaths of thousands of people over the years and one that doesn't. :wave:
tulc(thought the comparison was quite accurate) :)
Now let’s find a valid comparison.

Your point is people with guns have killed thousands over the years. They have a constitutional right to bear arms.

That can be comparable to people having the Constitutional right to privacy resulting in the death of 55 million human beings in the womb.
 
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Federal prosecutors announced an indictment Thursday against 19 people accused of running “birth tourism” operations in Southern California that helped thousands of pregnant Chinese women visit the U.S. just in time to give birth — thus securing American citizenship for their children.

The Justice Department said it’s the first time the government has brought charges against such a business.

Women were charged up to $100,000, were arranged visitor visas, then kept in apartments here in order to give birth. Under U.S. birthright policy almost anyone born on American soil — no matter if it’s to an illegal immigrant, a legal visitor or a citizen — is automatically an American citizen.

More at link:
China ‘birth tourism’ operation prompts federal charges

Close the loop.
wouldn't it be better to change the laws surrounding "jus soli" with different criteria? it's really just a new world phenomena used initially to actually encourage immigrants. For the rest of the world's it actually a pretty rare thing to see and you don't have entitled citizenship just because you were born in the country.
 
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I'm not sure how this could be construed as illegal activity. What law exactly is it violating?

I can't imagine what they are charging these people with, other than perhaps lying on a visa application. According to the story some of the women stated on their application that they would only be here for "a Few Weeks", when they intended to stay a few months.

Other than that, this all seems to be perfectly legal.

Indeed. I also am concerned about the racist implications of prohibiting Chinese people from visiting the US merely because they are foreigners who wish to have children here. White nationalism is not something the US government should be espousing.
 
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I don't think this is what was intended when the 14th amendment was passed in 1866....in fact I have no doubt they would be shocked at the interpretation of it now.

There's a mechanism to amend it. If you think this is a huge problem, that would be the way to go.
 
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There's a mechanism to amend it. If you think this is a huge problem, that would be the way to go.
There is a mechanism in place. It's called the Supreme Court interpreting the Constitution in it's original intent.

The way to go is to appoint conservative judges who will do so - as well as correct the abuses of liberal circuits like the 9th Court of Appeals.
 
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Maybe our objection to those running that scheme would make sense to the socialists \ open border folks if it were phrased in terms they understand... simply call this "Big agency" like they do with "Big oil" \ "Big Pharma".

Maybe … just maybe … that would :help:
 
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There is a mechanism in place. It's called the Supreme Court interpreting the Constitution in it's original intent.
...uhmmm...it says "anyone born in the US is a citizen." It would seem the original intent was "if you're born here you're a citizen" What you're saying sounds an awful lot like someone trying to get around original intent. :sorry:

The way to go is to appoint conservative judges who will do so - as well as correct the abuses of liberal circuits like the 9th Court of Appeals.
So...appoint activist judges who'll make laws from the bench? :scratch:
tulc(doesn't like the sound of that) :eek:
 
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Maybe our objection to those running that scheme would make sense to the socialists \ open border folks if it were phrased in terms they understand... simply call this "Big agency" like they do with "Big oil" \ "Big Pharma".

Maybe … just maybe … that would :help:
It's estimated the top 5 "Big Oil" companies make $375,000,000 dollars a day in profits. While the Big Pharma companies made $515,000,000,000 dollars a year, 21% of which is profit. If this business gets to be that big? Then we might talk about it being called "big birthing tourism". :sorry:
tulc(just a thought) :wave:
 
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...uhmmm...it says "anyone born in the US is a citizen." It would seem the original intent was "if you're born here you're a citizen" What you're saying sounds an awful lot like someone trying to get around original intent. :sorry:
The key word in the amendment is "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, AND subject to the jurisdiction thereof...."

This does not include illegal aliens. The problem we see today with the invasion of these folks were not a "problem" when the Amendment was written and their abuses were not in view when the Amendment was written and passed.

The original intent of the amendment was to rectify the abuses associated with Dred Scott decision related to citizenship of X-slaves and other U.S. born persons subject to our tax system.

Every Constitutional scholar knows this as should any Supreme Court Judge who is in the slightest bit concerned with original intent.
So...appoint activist judges who'll make laws from the bench? :scratch: tulc(doesn't like the sound of that) :eek:
No - appoint judges who will stand soundly against the activist judges who have and will undermine the concept of original intent.
 
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The key word in the amendment is "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, AND subject to the jurisdiction thereof...."

This does not include illegal aliens. The problem we see today with the invasion of these folks were not a "problem" when the Amendment was written and their abuses were not in view when the Amendment was written and passed.

The original intent of the amendment was to rectify the abuses associated with Dred Scott decision related to citizenship of X-slaves and other U.S. born persons subject to our tax system.

Every Constitutional scholar knows this as should any Supreme Court Judge who is in the slightest bit concerned with original intent.

No - appoint judges who will stand soundly against the activist judges who have and will undermine the concept of original intent.

People visiting the US are not illegal aliens if they enter with a tourist visa.

I do not understand where this xenophobia comes from. America is for more than WASP people.

But still, none of that is illegal. To say "the U.S. had better air, better jobs, better schools and “the most attractive nationality,”" is an opinion no different than saying the gulf coast of Florida has the most attractive beaches in the world. Fully half of the people you say that to are going to disagree, but saying it isn't illegal.

There must be a law proscribing a specific behavior and then a person engaging in that behavior for there to be a crime. And so far, based on these press reports, I see no crime in this whatever.

Our justice system is based on due process, not presumption of guilt. Otherwise we head down the slippery slope towards China or Russia, where the government enacts their nationalist, xenophobic and illiberal policies under only the color of law.
 
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