‘Renting a womb’: Behind California’s underground baby farm industry
Criminal Justice,Women,China,California,Pregnancy,US Citizenship
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As the battle over President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship heats up, the administration is cracking down on an underground industry in California where Chinese nationals pay money to baby brokers who get pregnant Chinese women into the country so their babies are born U.S. citizens.
Officials say these couples are often housed in luxury apartments or large mansions in the suburbs of Los Angeles, which neighbors call “baby farms.”
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