Peter Schweizer
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China has a vast industry called birth tourism.
There are literally thousands of companies in China whereby members of the Chinese elite will hire these firms.
A pregnant mother will come to the United States, give birth to the child.
The mother and child will then return to China where the child will be raised in that CCP system.
But they're granted U.S.
citizenship simply by the virtue of them being born here.
The problem here, Mark, is that our federal government has zero idea how many citizenships are being granted through birthright citizenship because they don't track it.
They'll tell you we don't track it.
When you get a birth certificate in the United States, it's issued by a local government.
They don't write down the nationality of the parents.
So we have no clue how much of this is happening.
The Chinese government, beginning in 2011โ
started actually encouraging people to do this.
They ran large articles in the People's Daily, the major mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, encouraging members of the elite to do this.
And of course, it begs the question, why would a government want members of its elite to get citizenship for their children?
In a rival country.
And we'll leave that aside for a minute.
So they started encouraging this and they allow this vast industry of birth tourism to thrive in China.
So what are we talking about in terms of numbers?
According to the Chinese authorities, the numbers are eye popping.