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Chinese Woman Pleads Guilty to Running Business That Helped Women Give Birth in US for Citizenship

Chinese Woman Pleads Guilty to Running Business That Helped Women Give Birth in US for Citizenship
Authorities announced on Jan. 31 they have charged 20 people in an unprecedented crackdown on businesses that helped hundreds of Chinese women travel to the United States to give birth to American citizen children. Jae C. Hong/AP
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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A Chinese woman has pleaded guilty to charges for running a California “birth tourism” business that charged wealthy Chinese clients tens of thousands of dollars to help them give birth in the United States, so their children could get U.S. citizenship, federal prosecutors said Sept. 17.

Li Dongyuan, a 41-year-old Chinese national, pleaded guilty to visa fraud and conspiracy to commit immigration fraud on Sept. 17, prosecutors said in a statement.
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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