Birth tourism brings Russian baby boom to Miami - (video added)

[mia]

What they are doing is completely legal, as long as they don't lie on any immigration or insurance paperwork. In fact, it's protected by the 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says anyone born on American soil is automatically a citizen.

The child gets a lifelong right to live and work and collect benefits in the U.S. And when they turn 21 they can sponsor their parents' application for an American green card.

As president, Donald Trump has indicated he is opposed to so-called chain migration, which gives U.S. citizens the right to sponsor relatives, because of recent terror attacks. And as a candidate, he called for an end to birthright citizenship, declaring it in one of his first policy papers the "biggest magnet for illegal immigration."

"You have to get rid of it," he said on "Meet the Press" on NBC. "They're having a baby and all of a sudden — nobody knows — the baby is here. You have no choice.

"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/birth-tourism-brings-russian-baby-boom-miami-n836121

[RockaFowler]

1. And most women are staying at Trump Hotels in Miami

Talk about irony and hypocrisy

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

2. Theyre the right color

So it’s a-okay.

[Roland99]

3. But Dreamers have to leave.

[ProudLib72]

4. Put them on a raft to Cuba!

BTW: Did any of those fine young women get paid to piss on someone's bed? I wonder....

[Roland99]

5. And it is not just Russians

It's not just the Russians who are coming. Chinese moms-to-be have been flocking to Southern California to give birth for years

[xmas74]

6. We've had several Chinese students

In my town, already married, purposely choosing to get pregnant and have a baby while attending university here. Birthright is the reason.