{"id":806,"date":"2026-06-30T22:39:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=806"},"modified":"2026-06-30T22:39:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:39:01","slug":"trump-plans-assault-on-birth-tourism-after-letdown-at-scotus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=806","title":{"rendered":"Trump Plans Assault On Birth Tourism After Letdown At SCOTUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump\u2019s administration is ramping up its crackdown on birth tourism in the United States.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=803\">Will Justice Alito Actually Retire? Here\u2019s What We Know<\/a><\/p><p>Colin McDonald, who leads the newly formed Fraud Division at the Department of Justice, informed employees on Tuesday that the DOJ will target those who \u201cexploit our immigration system and violate criminal law,\u201d according to a memorandum on \u201cfraudulent birth tourism schemes\u201d obtained by The Daily Wire.<\/p><p>\u201cI am directing all United States Attorneys and the Criminal Division to work with the Department of Homeland Security to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of birth tourism schemes,\u201d McDonald ordered.<\/p><p>The memo comes on the heels of a momentous Supreme Court decision that protects the practice of \u201cbirth tourism,\u201d often used by wealthy Chinese nationals to travel to the United States to give birth to their children.<\/p><p>The DOJ memo lays out how the American citizenship system is exploited every year by \u201cthousands of foreigners\u201d who come to the United States under \u201cfalse pretenses to give birth and secure citizenship for their child.\u201d<\/p><p>McDonald cites an example from 2024, in which Michael Wei Yueh Liu and Jing Dong, a husband and wife, were sentenced to 41 months in prison for operating a birth tourism scheme using a business called \u201cUSA Happy Baby Inc.\u201d<\/p><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-805\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7f48aaa784b6e5ea27fbb62f5c091e74-768x512.avif\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7f48aaa784b6e5ea27fbb62f5c091e74-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7f48aaa784b6e5ea27fbb62f5c091e74-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7f48aaa784b6e5ea27fbb62f5c091e74.avif 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><p>That business charged Chinese clients \u201ctens of thousands of dollars\u201d for helping women give birth in the United States.<\/p><p>\u201cLiu and Dong assisted customers with obtaining fraudulent visas to enter the United States, and provided customs entry guidance, housing, and transportation in the United States,\u201d McDonald explained. \u201cAs part of the scheme, Liu and Dong coached their customers on how to hide their pregnancies from immigration authorities.\u201d<\/p><p>Another 2022 scheme involved Ibrahim Aksakal, who was sentenced to 27 months in prison for \u201cconspiring to commit health care and wire fraud\u201d related to a birth tourism scheme that he operated in New York. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,039,723.63, and forfeiture in the amount of $397,500.<\/p><p>\u201cAksakal and his co-conspirators advertised a birth tourism scheme on two Turkish-language social media pages,\u201d the memo states. \u201cAs part of the scheme, Aksakal and his co-conspirators instructed the women to conceal their pregnancies from immigration authorities.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=800\">Iconic American Company Re-Hires Humans After AI Wasn\u2019t Up To Their Jobs<\/a><\/p><p>A third scheme, this one in 2020, involved a fugitive named Chao \u201cEdwin\u201d Chen who was sentenced to 37 months in prison for his role in a \u201clarge-scale birth tourism scheme.\u201d<\/p><p>This business went under the name \u201cYou Win USA\u201d and advertised that it had a 100-person team in China and the United States and had served more than 500 Chinese birth-tourism customers, the memo stated.<\/p><p>\u201cChen, who helped coach his customers to misrepresent the true<br\/>\nintentions of their visits to United States at ports of entry, charged each customer between $40,000 to $80,000,\u201d McDonald\u2019s memo explained. \u201cChen received $3 million in international wire transfers from China in just two years.\u201d<\/p><p>DOJ prosecutes many of these cases as visa fraud under 18 USC \u00a7 1546, but McDonald\u2019s memo encourages prosecutors to consider whether other federal statutes have been violated.<\/p><p>That could include \u201cWire Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud,\u201d \u201cMoney Laundering and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering,\u201d \u201cUnlawful Use of Means of Identification,\u201d \u201cAggravated Identity Theft,\u201d and \u201cConspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud.\u201d<\/p><p>President Trump called on Congress to take legislative action on Tuesday in light of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision on birthright citizenship.<\/p><p>\u201cThe Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President, that has now been determined during this process,\u201d Trump said in a post on Truth Social. \u201cNo long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary! Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship. They will have my Complete and Total Support!\u201d<\/p><p>He added in a post later on Tuesday: \u201cI would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great Country of China, on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN!\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=798\">Trump Congratulates Xi Jinping On Major Win At SCOTUS<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump\u2019s administration is ramping up its crackdown on birth tourism in the United States.Colin McDonald, who leads the newly formed Fraud Division at the Department of Justice, informed employees on Tuesday that the DOJ will target those who \u201cexploit our immigration system and violate criminal law,\u201d according to a memorandum on \u201cfraudulent birth tourism schemes\u201d obtained by The Daily Wire.\u201cI am directing all United States Attorneys and the Criminal Division to work with the Department of Homeland Security to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of birth tourism schemes,\u201d McDonald ordered.The memo comes on the heels of a momentous Supreme Court decision that protects the practice of \u201cbirth tourism,\u201d often used by wealthy Chinese nationals to travel to the United States to give birth to their children.The DOJ memo lays out how the American citizenship system is exploited every year by \u201cthousands of foreigners\u201d who come to the United States under \u201cfalse pretenses to give birth and secure citizenship for their child.\u201dMcDonald cites an example from 2024, in which Michael Wei Yueh Liu and Jing Dong, a husband and wife, were sentenced to 41 months in prison for operating a birth tourism scheme using a business called \u201cUSA Happy Baby Inc.\u201d(Photo by Ken Cedeno \/ AFP via Getty Images)That business charged Chinese clients \u201ctens of thousands of dollars\u201d for helping women give birth in the United States.\u201cLiu and Dong assisted customers with obtaining fraudulent visas to enter the United States, and provided customs entry guidance, housing, and transportation in the United States,\u201d McDonald explained. \u201cAs part of the scheme, Liu and Dong coached their customers on how to hide their pregnancies from immigration authorities.\u201dAnother 2022 scheme involved Ibrahim Aksakal, who was sentenced to 27 months in prison for \u201cconspiring to commit health care and wire fraud\u201d related to a birth tourism scheme that he operated in New York. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,039,723.63, and forfeiture in the amount of $397,500.\u201cAksakal and his co-conspirators advertised a birth tourism scheme on two Turkish-language social media pages,\u201d the memo states. \u201cAs part of the scheme, Aksakal and his co-conspirators instructed the women to conceal their pregnancies from immigration authorities.\u201dA third scheme, this one in 2020, involved a fugitive named Chao \u201cEdwin\u201d Chen who was sentenced to 37 months in prison for his role in a \u201clarge-scale birth tourism scheme.\u201dThis business went under the name \u201cYou Win USA\u201d and advertised that it had a 100-person team in China and the United States and had served more than 500 Chinese birth-tourism customers, the memo stated.\u201cChen, who helped coach his customers to misrepresent the trueintentions of their visits to United States at ports of entry, charged each customer between $40,000 to $80,000,\u201d McDonald\u2019s memo explained. \u201cChen received $3 million in international wire transfers from China in just two years.\u201dDOJ prosecutes many of these cases as visa fraud under 18 USC \u00a7 1546, but McDonald\u2019s memo encourages prosecutors to consider whether other federal statutes have been violated.That could include \u201cWire Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud,\u201d \u201cMoney Laundering and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering,\u201d \u201cUnlawful Use of Means of Identification,\u201d \u201cAggravated Identity Theft,\u201d and \u201cConspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud.\u201dPresident Trump called on Congress to take legislative action on Tuesday in light of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision on birthright citizenship.\u201cThe Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President, that has now been determined during this process,\u201d Trump said in a post on Truth Social. \u201cNo long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary! Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship. They will have my Complete and Total Support!\u201dHe added in a post later on Tuesday: \u201cI would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great Country of China, on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump Plans Assault On Birth Tourism After Letdown At SCOTUS - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=806\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Plans Assault On Birth Tourism After Letdown At SCOTUS - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump\u2019s administration is ramping up its crackdown on birth tourism in the United States.Colin McDonald, who leads the newly formed Fraud Division at the Department of Justice, informed employees on Tuesday that the DOJ will target those who \u201cexploit our immigration system and violate criminal law,\u201d according to a memorandum on \u201cfraudulent birth tourism schemes\u201d obtained by The Daily Wire.\u201cI am directing all United States Attorneys and the Criminal Division to work with the Department of Homeland Security to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of birth tourism schemes,\u201d McDonald ordered.The memo comes on the heels of a momentous Supreme Court decision that protects the practice of \u201cbirth tourism,\u201d often used by wealthy Chinese nationals to travel to the United States to give birth to their children.The DOJ memo lays out how the American citizenship system is exploited every year by \u201cthousands of foreigners\u201d who come to the United States under \u201cfalse pretenses to give birth and secure citizenship for their child.\u201dMcDonald cites an example from 2024, in which Michael Wei Yueh Liu and Jing Dong, a husband and wife, were sentenced to 41 months in prison for operating a birth tourism scheme using a business called \u201cUSA Happy Baby Inc.\u201d(Photo by Ken Cedeno \/ AFP via Getty Images)That business charged Chinese clients \u201ctens of thousands of dollars\u201d for helping women give birth in the United States.\u201cLiu and Dong assisted customers with obtaining fraudulent visas to enter the United States, and provided customs entry guidance, housing, and transportation in the United States,\u201d McDonald explained. \u201cAs part of the scheme, Liu and Dong coached their customers on how to hide their pregnancies from immigration authorities.\u201dAnother 2022 scheme involved Ibrahim Aksakal, who was sentenced to 27 months in prison for \u201cconspiring to commit health care and wire fraud\u201d related to a birth tourism scheme that he operated in New York. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,039,723.63, and forfeiture in the amount of $397,500.\u201cAksakal and his co-conspirators advertised a birth tourism scheme on two Turkish-language social media pages,\u201d the memo states. \u201cAs part of the scheme, Aksakal and his co-conspirators instructed the women to conceal their pregnancies from immigration authorities.\u201dA third scheme, this one in 2020, involved a fugitive named Chao \u201cEdwin\u201d Chen who was sentenced to 37 months in prison for his role in a \u201clarge-scale birth tourism scheme.\u201dThis business went under the name \u201cYou Win USA\u201d and advertised that it had a 100-person team in China and the United States and had served more than 500 Chinese birth-tourism customers, the memo stated.\u201cChen, who helped coach his customers to misrepresent the trueintentions of their visits to United States at ports of entry, charged each customer between $40,000 to $80,000,\u201d McDonald\u2019s memo explained. \u201cChen received $3 million in international wire transfers from China in just two years.\u201dDOJ prosecutes many of these cases as visa fraud under 18 USC \u00a7 1546, but McDonald\u2019s memo encourages prosecutors to consider whether other federal statutes have been violated.That could include \u201cWire Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud,\u201d \u201cMoney Laundering and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering,\u201d \u201cUnlawful Use of Means of Identification,\u201d \u201cAggravated Identity Theft,\u201d and \u201cConspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud.\u201dPresident Trump called on Congress to take legislative action on Tuesday in light of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision on birthright citizenship.\u201cThe Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President, that has now been determined during this process,\u201d Trump said in a post on Truth Social. \u201cNo long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary! Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship. They will have my Complete and Total Support!\u201dHe added in a post later on Tuesday: \u201cI would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great Country of China, on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN!\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=806\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-30T22:39:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=806#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=806\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19da116f8d79cf8987781569801c6b7c\"},\"headline\":\"Trump Plans Assault On Birth Tourism After Letdown At SCOTUS\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-30T22:39:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=806\"},\"wordCount\":703,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=806#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/afbcbacc584502554e9f330c351ae3dc.avif\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=806#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=806\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blueroutejournal.com\\\/?p=806\",\"name\":\"Trump Plans Assault On Birth Tourism After Letdown At SCOTUS - 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