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A California woman was sentenced to more than three years in a long -running case in a long -running business on Monday, causing pregnant Chinese women to become American citizens automatically Helps to travel to the United States to supply.
US District Judge R. Gary Klosner sentenced Fobi Dong to 41 months and ordered him to be immediately arrested by his federal court in Los Angeles. Dong and her husband were convicted in September for conspiracy and money laundering by their company, USA Happy Baby.
Culprits were sentenced when President Donald Trump returns to the White House as well as Birthright’s citizenship is highlighted in the United States. Since taking office, Trump issued an executive order to limit the definition of birth citizenship, the move was rapidly blocked by a federal judge who called it “clearly unconstitutional”.
Dong and her husband Michael Liu, the so -called “birth tourism” schemes were among more than a dozen people in the crackdown of Obama era, causing their pregnancy while traveling to the United States to give birth to Chinese women. Helping to hide. Such businesses have been running in different states for a long time that meet China, Russia, Nigeria and anywhere else.
Under the 14th Amendment, any child born in the United States is an American citizen. Many people have seen these visits as a way to help their children get American college education and a better future – especially since tourists themselves can apply for permanent residence after being 21 years old Yes.
During his sentence, Dong cleared the tears when she was remembered by the siblings of China’s hard -working “one child” policy and told the court that the Chinese government had aborted her mother. Forced He said it was difficult to move to the United States, but Dong became hopeful after having his own children and found that he could help Chinese women who wanted to have extra children in California.
“I don’t want to lose my children,” he told the court. “I hope you can give me a fair decision. I will take all my responsibility.
The federal prosecutor sought more than five years for Dong and argued that he and Liu had helped more than 100 pregnant Chinese women to the United States. He said the couple worked with others to coach with women to find out how they cheated customs officials by flying to airports wearing loose fitting clothing to hide their pregnancy –
“For tens of thousands of dollars in each, the defendant helped several of its users to deceive US officials and buy US citizenship for their children,” prosecutors said in a court filing. He refused to comment after being sentenced.
In December, Liu was also sentenced to 41 months in prison. Dong’s lawyer, John McCullus, asked that Liu had allowed him to work for his tenure after completing his sentence because of his three children. The youngest is 13.
Federal Prosecutor Kevin Fu agreed to the delay, but Klauser refused and immediately. He was taken into custody. Dong removed a necklace and gave him a family before taking it.
The USA Happy Baby case was part of a broader investigation of businesses, which helped give Chinese women born in California. It is believed that the operator of another business has fled to China, McChancles wrote in a court jurisdiction, while another in 2019 conspiracies and visas to run a company known as “One USA” He was sentenced to 10 months in prison after being convicted of a crime for fraud.
Mc Nicolas said he thinks Dong has been given a longer punishment because the government and the clusner accused them of the children who were born to an American citizen. He said that he had nothing to do with the allegations that he and Liu helped go to the United States to give birth to women.
“Our status was that these children were born in the United States. They are citizens.” Clearly, he is saying that being born here is not enough. ”
