Federal Agents Charge 19 For Birth Tourism In Southern California, Say Practice Poses National Threat
LAPPL News Watch
February 1, 2019
After allegedly helping thousands of pregnant Chinese women come to Southern California to give birth to American citizen children, three operators of so-called birth tourism agencies were arrested Thursday, the first criminal charges ever lodged against the controversial industry.
Officials with the U.S. Dept. of Justice in Santa Ana unveiled indictments against 19 people in all, naming foreign operators and clients, most of whom are in China.
But officials also charged three people still in the United States — Dongyuan Li, 41, of Irvine, who ran a company called “You Win USA,” Michael Wei Yueh Liu, 53, of Rancho Cucamonga and his wife Jing Dong, 42, who operated a San Bernardino-based company called “USA Happy Baby Inc.”
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