Birth Tourism: Chinese Flock to the U.S. to Have Babies

2013/11/28 2 Comments

What is striking is that the numbers are relatively small in the US as in Canada. 10,000 may sound like a lot but in context of the number of illegal residents (in the millions) or overall US population, this is minimal.

One could also view this as another immigration channel targeting high-powered and high net worth immigrants, given the amount of money this costs. 🙂

Birth Tourism: Chinese Flock to the U.S. to Have Babies | TIME.com.

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2 Responses to Birth Tourism: Chinese Flock to the U.S. to Have Babies

  1. Victoria says:
    2013/11/28 at 10:23

    And the numbers are based on “an estimate by an online platform”. I see….

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