{"id":2404931,"date":"2025-02-20T22:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T03:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressman-sounds-the-alarm-on-little-known-us-citizenship-loophole-being-exploited-by-the-chinese\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T22:23:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T03:23:41","slug":"gop-congressman-sounds-the-alarm-on-little-known-us-citizenship-loophole-being-exploited-by-the-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressman-sounds-the-alarm-on-little-known-us-citizenship-loophole-being-exploited-by-the-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Congressman Sounds the Alarm on Little-Known US Citizenship &#8216;Loophole&#8217; Being Exploited by the Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-congressman-sounds-the-alarm-on-little-known-us-citizenship-loophole-being-exploited-by-the-chinese%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404931&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Tom Tiffany, a \u2062Republican from Wisconsin, has expressed\u200c concerns about a loophole that allows Chinese \u200dnationals\u2064 to visit the Northern Mariana islands \u200bwithout a visa. He addressed\u2062 Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem \u200din a letter urging \u2062immediate action to close this loophole,\u200c which \u2062was established in\u2064 January 2024 under President Biden\u2019s management, though it originally began\u200b with an initiative from former President\u200c Obama in 2009. \u2062tiffany argues that this loophole \u200cenables Chinese citizens to bypass legal\u2063 tourist visa requirements, contributing to the rise of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">birth tourism<\/a>,&#8221; where foreign nationals\u200c travel to the\u2062 U.S.\u200c territory to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-tebow-at-march-for-life-i-now-get-to-share-my-story-because-my-mom-gave-me-a-chance\/\" title=\"Tim Tebow At March For Life: \u2018I Now Get To Share My Story\u2019 Because \u2018My Mom Gave Me A Chance\u2019\">give birth<\/a>, thus granting\u2064 U.S. citizenship to their children.<\/p>\n<p>The informal birth tourism market has dramatically escalated, with annual births to foreign nationals soaring from fewer than 10 in 2009 to nearly 600 by 2018\u2014transgressing\u2062 the number of births by \u200dlegal U.S. residents in\u200d the region.Tiffany emphasized the security risks associated with this policy, especially given the Northern Mariana Islands&#8217; proximity\u2063 to \u2063a U.S. naval base. He \u2064points to the absence of clear \u2063benefits\u200b from this loophole and questions why such\u200c a policy was maintained. Additionally, Tiffany asserts that Chinese nationals should face the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-announces-date-when-border-will-open-to-vaccinated-americans\/\" title=\"Canada Announces Date When Border Will Open To Vaccinated Americans\">entry requirements<\/a> \u2063as those visiting other parts of the U.S., citing that the existing policy poses a national security threat amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwan-blasts-musk-after-he-calls-country-integral-part-of-china\/\" title=\"Taiwan criticizes Musk for labeling it as part of China.\">ongoing geopolitical tensions<\/a> with China.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany is raising the alarm over a loophone that lets Chinese nationals take trips to the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa.<\/p>\n<p>Tiffany sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/homan-backs-dhs-sec-kristi-noems-accusation-leak-disrupting-ice-ops-coming-within-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristi Noem<\/a> asking her to immediately shut down the loophole letting citizens from the adversarial nation visit the U.S. territory in the western Pacific Ocean, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/02\/13\/tom-tiffany-dhs-kristi-noem-birth-tourism-loophole-chinese-mariana-islands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">copy<\/a> of the letter d with The Daily Caller last week.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2024\/01\/18\/2024-00645\/guam-commonwealth-of-the-northern-mariana-islands-cnmi-visa-waiver-program-automation-and-electronic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rule<\/a> in question that allows the loophole was put into effect in January 2024 under former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>First implemented by former President Barack Obama back in 2009, the rule allows &ldquo;categorical parole&rdquo; to Chinese nationals who want to enter the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker told Noem that Chinese citizens &ldquo;were able to sidestep the legal requirement that they first obtain a tourist visa before entering the CNMI.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>As a result, more Chinese nationals were able to partake in &ldquo;birth tourism,&rdquo; with births from foreigners rising from less than 10 in 2009 to almost 600 in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the practice of foreign nationals giving birth in Saipan, the capital city, became so widespread that &ldquo;such births exceeded the number of births to legal U.S. residents there in recent years,&rdquo; Tiffany warned.<\/p>\n<p>There are fewer than 50,000 people living on the Northern Mariana Islands, meaning that such a trend would be rather noticeable to the locals.<\/p>\n<p>The loophole created an entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/birth-rates-rights-secret-weapon-liberal-values-backfire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">birth tourism<\/a> market through which some Chinese women fork over thousands of dollars for the chance to give birth on American territory.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s because the children can later attain green cards for their entire families as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Then there are the security concerns with allowing Chinese nationals to enter the territory, which is home to U.S. Naval Base Marianas, without a visa.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DHS must close the loophole that allows Chinese nationals to enter the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa. This is being exploited for birth tourism, granting U.S. citizenship to children born there.<\/p>\n<p>&#128250;WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pNwM6emo11\">pic.twitter.com\/pNwM6emo11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Tom Tiffany (@RepTiffany) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepTiffany\/status\/1892609385286832436?\">February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  &ldquo;Set aside the birthright citizenship part of it, it&rsquo;s allowing people to gain citizenship that are coming from communist China,&rdquo; Tiffany continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In short, nationals of the [People&rsquo;s Republic of China] should be required to meet the same standard to visit the CNMI that they must meet to visit any other part of the United States,&rdquo; the lawmaker said.<\/p>\n<p>Why exactly Obama and Biden saw fit to create this loophole and allow it to continue is a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>There are zero tangible benefits to having a birth tourism industry arise in one of our territories, let alone a security situation ripe for abuse by our greatest rival on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>The letter comes after President Donald Trump issued an executive order laying down the law with respect to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ct\/dems-birthright-citizenship-dead-set\/?ff_source=facebook&amp;ff_medium=buzzpo&amp;ff_campaign=lminetwork&amp;ff_content=2019-05-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">birthright<\/a> citizenship, essentially saying the Fourteenth Amendment was not meant to grant citizenship to any person who happens to be born on our soil.<\/p>\n<p>That common-sense policy is currently working its way through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-blocks-trumps-citizenship-order-potus-know-exactly-coming-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">courts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, there&rsquo;s no question that the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is threatened by the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">birth tourism racket<\/a>, and that our nation as a whole is less safe as a result of the policy.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Tom Tiffany is sounding the alarm about a loophole that permits Chinese nationals to travel to the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa. He has written to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, urging her to promptly close this loophole that allows citizens from China, a rival nation, access to the U.S. territory in the western Pacific Ocean. This rule, which was enacted in January 2024 under former President Joe Biden and initially established by former President Barack Obama in 2009, enables &#8220;categorical parole&#8221; for Chinese nationals wishing to enter the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Tiffany pointed out that this allows Chinese citizens to bypass the requirement of obtaining a tourist visa before entering CNMI. Consequently, there has been an increase in &#8220;birth tourism,&#8221; with births from foreign nationals rising significantly over recent years. The trend is particularly noticeable given that fewer than 50,000 people live on these islands. The loophole has led to a market where some Chinese women pay substantial amounts for giving birth on American soil so their children can later secure green cards for their families. Additionally, there are security concerns regarding allowing entry without visas into an area housing U.S. Naval Base Marianas. Tiffany insists that individuals from China should face similar entry requirements as those visiting other parts of the United States and questions why previous administrations allowed this situation to persist despite its potential risks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2404932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tiffany-vs-Mariana-Islands.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5408,6203,50779],"class_list":["post-2404931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-congressman","tag-gop","tag-us-citizenship"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tiffany-vs-Mariana-Islands.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404931"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404935,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404931\/revisions\/2404935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}