Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against a Houston-area facility, accusing it of facilitating illegal birth tourism for Chinese nationals to obtain U.S. citizenship for their children.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has filed a lawsuit against the De-Ai Postpartum Care Center in Houston, accusing it of running an illegal birth tourism operation that has allegedly facilitated the birth of over 1,000 U.S. citizens to Chinese nationals over nearly two decades. 📺 DETAIL: The lawsuit, which Paxton announced late Wednesday, claims the Center advertised on Chinese social media platforms, coaching clients on how to evade U.S. immigration laws and facilitating up to 20 births daily across four Houston-area properties. The Center allegedly advised clients to conceal their true purpose for entering the U.S. and to apply for visas before pregnancy to avoid detection. “Tourist visas cannot be issued for this purpose. This is an unlawful scheme that perpetuates fraud on the government and violates Texas law. And Defendants know this,” the lawsuit alleges. Paxton is seeking civil penalties and injunctive relief to shut down the operation. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “America is for Americans, not foreigners trying to cheat the system to claim citizenship. Birthright citizenship is a scam that threatens national security.” – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton 🎯 IMPACT: The lawsuit highlights ongoing concerns over birth tourism and the national security risks it presents, as well as the ease of exploiting U.S. immigration laws under the status quo. President Donald J. Trump has attempted to curtail birthright citizenship—the internationally unusual doctrine that almost anyone born on U.S. soil has an automatic right to U.S. citizenship, even if their parents are in the country illegally—by executive order, with the Supreme Court currently deliberating on the lawfulness of his reforms. |
BREAKING: I’m suing a Houston-area “birth tourism” center for exploiting birthright citizenship by unlawfully facilitating the invasion of Chinese nationals into Texas for the sole purpose of giving birth. pic.twitter.com/7gbr2VjgGV
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) April 29, 2026
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