It is no surprise that President Donald Trump’s new policy to control “birth tourism’’ has gained public support.
Under President Trump’s new regulation, consular officers have the ability to deny visas to pregnant women hoping to give birth in U.S. hospitals. The White House likely got its inspiration from a place - Hong Kong, that implemented the exact same policy a few years back.
Since the handover, Mainlanders now make up close to one-fifth of Hong Kong’s 7.5 million population, due to Beijing's near total control over the number of immigration permits out to Mainlanders and large number of pregnant Mainland women using this loophole to gain birthright citizenships.
These newborns then get granted a citizenship from the country of birth, which in turn creates a huge pressure on the local welfare, medical care, education system and so on.
But after years of stories in the media about local hospitals being overcrowded by Mainland would-be mothers, the Hong Kongers decided that they have finally had enough, and in 2010, local residents took to the streets in protest. This resulted in Hong Kong government implementing a law in 2010, denying entry to pregnant Mainland women failing to show proof of obstetric appointments in the city and jailing those caught making false claims about their intentions at the border.
Few in the world today know the sanctity of national sovereignty and self-rule like the people of Hong Kong. Every day, the working class and the middle-class Hong Kongers feel the effects of their nation’s quality of life by an extremely flawed immigration system, which unfortunately, is almost completely out of their control.
This is what birthright citizenship is doing in the U.S. It removes from American citizens their sovereign choice over who and how many can enter the country. The president has taken one small but important step in restoring that.
#China
#USA
#BirthTourism
Full story:
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/481011-trumps-new-birth-tourism-policy-is-already-law-in-hong-kong
Under President Trump’s new regulation, consular officers have the ability to deny visas to pregnant women hoping to give birth in U.S. hospitals. The White House likely got its inspiration from a place - Hong Kong, that implemented the exact same policy a few years back.
Since the handover, Mainlanders now make up close to one-fifth of Hong Kong’s 7.5 million population, due to Beijing's near total control over the number of immigration permits out to Mainlanders and large number of pregnant Mainland women using this loophole to gain birthright citizenships.
These newborns then get granted a citizenship from the country of birth, which in turn creates a huge pressure on the local welfare, medical care, education system and so on.
But after years of stories in the media about local hospitals being overcrowded by Mainland would-be mothers, the Hong Kongers decided that they have finally had enough, and in 2010, local residents took to the streets in protest. This resulted in Hong Kong government implementing a law in 2010, denying entry to pregnant Mainland women failing to show proof of obstetric appointments in the city and jailing those caught making false claims about their intentions at the border.
Few in the world today know the sanctity of national sovereignty and self-rule like the people of Hong Kong. Every day, the working class and the middle-class Hong Kongers feel the effects of their nation’s quality of life by an extremely flawed immigration system, which unfortunately, is almost completely out of their control.
This is what birthright citizenship is doing in the U.S. It removes from American citizens their sovereign choice over who and how many can enter the country. The president has taken one small but important step in restoring that.
#China
#USA
#BirthTourism
Full story:
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/481011-trumps-new-birth-tourism-policy-is-already-law-in-hong-kong
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Trump's new 'birth tourism' policy is already law in Hong Kong
Under President Trump’s new regulation, consular officers will be able to deny visas to pregnant women hoping to give birth in U.S. hospitals.