Pregnant Chinese women appealed to the travel Agency You Win USA in southern California not to visit Disneyland or the Grand canyon. They wanted to come to the US for entirely different purposes — to give birth in the States of the child, which the law will become an American citizen.
You Win USA the years, helped these women to obtain tourist visas, teaching them how to behave so as not to arouse the suspicions of immigration officials. But on 31 January the head of the You Win USA and owners of the Agency «baby tourism» USA Happy Baby, was arrested on charges of immigration fraud, money laundering and identity theft. Only in the case of fraud visa figure 19.
Federal Prosecutors Unseal Indictments Naming 19 People Linked to Chinese ‘Birth Tourism’ Schemes that Helped Thousands of Aliens Give Birth in the U.S. to Secure Birthright Citizenship for Their Children https://t.co/tPemjXotnN
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Thursday morning was arrested a 41-year-old Dongguan Lee, who was identified as the head of the You Win USA in Irvine, as well as 53-year-old Michael vey Yue Liu and 42-year-old Jing Dong, who owned and operated an Agency called Happy Baby USA in San Bernardino. All three have pleaded not guilty in court. Lee is in custody pending his next court hearing. Liu and Dong can be released on bail of $250 thousand
ICE investigation leads to indictments in 20 Chinese ‘birth tourism’ schemes that involved immigration fraud, money laundering https://t.co/zSyCRgskXs pic.twitter.com/KiCjq1dfcE
— ICE (@ICEgov) February 1, 2019
Thursday also was charged 65-year-old Wen Rui Deng, an American citizen, accused the management of the Agency Star Baby Care in Los Angeles, which, according to the authorities, was the largest Agency in the field of «baby tourism» in the United States.
To investigate the case You Win USA ICE agent fluent in Chinese, posing as a pregnant Chinese woman. Employee You Win USA used false information on her application for a tourist visa to the United States on behalf of women. The Agency required about $100 thousand for their services. For this price, the Chinese parents promised that in advertising You Win USA called «the most attractive citizenship».
It is unknown how many pregnant women arrived in the U.S. with the help of these 3 agencies. Daeng said clients that organized the 8 thousand births in the United States since 1999. Lee was also told moms that she has helped to successfully enter the country more than 500 women.
These arrests are the culmination of a lengthy investigation conducted by agents of the Ministry of internal security and the IRS in respect of the agencies operating for many years in Los Angeles, Inland Empire and orange County.
Recently, the problem of «baby tourism» has attracted a lot of attention because President trump has included this issue in its campaign to change the immigration laws of the country. He opposes the idea of citizenship by right of birth — a constitutional law, which automatically grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.
