{"id":2669109,"date":"2026-09-24T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-shuts-down-alleged-chinese-birth-tourism-center-ahead-of-race-against-talarico\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:13:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:13:05","slug":"ken-paxton-shuts-down-alleged-chinese-birth-tourism-center-ahead-of-race-against-talarico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-shuts-down-alleged-chinese-birth-tourism-center-ahead-of-race-against-talarico\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Paxton Shuts Down Alleged Chinese &#8216;Birth Tourism Center&#8217; Ahead of Race Against Talarico"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fken-paxton-shuts-down-alleged-chinese-birth-tourism-center-ahead-of-race-against-talarico%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=2669109&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>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the closure of a Houston-based facility dubbed a \u201cbirth tourism center,\u201d known as de\u2019Ai Postpartum Care Center. The center reportedly facilitated the birth of over 1,000 babies to Chinese nationals by helping them evade immigration laws, including advising women to apply for visas before pregnancy.Paxton&#8217;s office successfully obtained a legal victory to shut down the operation and alleged that the center exploited the immigration system. birth tourism, where foreign nationals travel to the U.S. to give birth and secure citizenship for their children, involves an estimated 22,000 to 26,000 such births annually. Paxton emphasized his commitment to prevent such practices, which he described as a scam that undermines U.S. citizenship laws. This action aligns wiht broader efforts by state officials, including Texas Governor Greg Abbott and legislators in Tennessee and Georgia, aiming to curb birth tourism practices in the United States.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?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\" ?><html><body><\/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><\/p>\n<p>Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday that he is shutting down a Houston-area facility he dubbed a \u201cbirth tourism center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Paxton said in a statement <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KenPaxtonTX\/status\/2100998580651602429\">posted<\/a> to X that he \u201csecured a legal victory\u201d to shut down De\u2019Ai Postpartum Care Center, which operated a birth tourism operation that primarily marketed its services to Chinese nationals and claimed responsibility for over 1,000 \u201cAmerican-born babies.\u201d The news comes after Paxton <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/attorney-general-paxton-sues-houston-area-birth-tourism-center-exploiting-birthright-citizenship\">sued<\/a> the center in April, alleging it was unlawfully \u201cfacil\u00adi\u00adtat\u00ading the inva\u00adsion of Chi\u00adnese nationals\u201d into the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Paxton\u2019s office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Birth tourism refers to foreign nationals traveling to the U.S. in order to give birth and obtain citizenship for their babies. An estimated 22,000 to 26,000 babies are born via birth tourism annually across the U.S., an April <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/journal\/policy-beat\/though-rare-birth-tourism-united-states-sparks-outsized-concern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a> from the Migration Policy Institute found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cI will do everything in my power to stop foreign nationals from unlawfully exploiting our immigration system through the scam of \u2018birth tourism,\u2019\u201d Paxton said in a statement. \u201cThis operation helped Chinese foreign nationals come to Texas to evade our laws. Now, we have shut it down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Additionally, the center coached foreign nationals on how to circumvent immigration restrictions, including instructing women to apply for visas \u201cbefore pregnancy\u201d to evade detection, according to Paxton\u2019s office. The center will now halt its operations and stop facilitating births, per the announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Paxton, who has served three terms as the Lone Star State\u2019s attorney general, is the Republican nominee for Texas Senate in November, when he is set to face Democratic nominee James Talarico. He unseated longtime incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn in a May primary runoff, winning by a landslide 28-point margin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">In July, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-issues-executive-order-cracking-down-on-birth-tourism-schemes\">unveiled<\/a> an executive order aiming to crack down on alleged birth tourism in his state, asserting that \u201cU.S. citizenship is not for sale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">In July, Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Republican Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick each introduced the Ban Birth Tourism Act of 2026 which seeks to end the practice in the U.S. for good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cTo be American is more than a piece of paper. It is a bond between an individual and a nation built on a promise,\u201d McCormick wrote in a Sept. 12 op-ed for the DCNF. \u201cWhen foreign nationals pay a business to manufacture that bond for their child, they are not participating in the American story. 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