The best part of birth citizenship is that it produces true, loyal Americans (Updated)
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Siblings Accused of Trying to Attack Air Force Base are Children of Illegal Aliens
The parents, Qiu Qin Zou and Jia Zhang Zheng, illegally entered America over 30 years ago.
Last week, the DOJ charged siblings Ann Mary Zheng and Alen Zheng for allegedly trying to attack MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL.
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced they are children of…illegal aliens!
Alen Zheng faces charges of attempting to damage “government property by fire or explosion, unlawful making of a destructive device, and possession of an unregistered destructive device.”
“According to the indictment and statements made in court, on the evening of March 10, 2026, Zheng unsuccessfully attempted to detonate an improvised explosive device at the MacDill Airforce Base Visitor’s Center in Tampa. Law enforcement later discovered the device, ensured it was safely disassembled, and determined it to be an improvised explosive device,” the DOJ wrote in the press release last week.
Ann Mary Zheng’s charges include assisting after the fact. The DOJ accused her of “knowing that her brother, Alen Zheng, had attempted to damage government property by fire or explosion, assisted him in order to hinder and prevent his apprehension, trial, and punishment.”
Ann Mary also faces accusations of “corruptly altering, destroying, mutilating, and concealing a 2010 black Mercedes-Benz GLK 350 with the intent to impair its integrity and availability for use in the federal prosecution of Alen Zheng.”
It turns out that the siblings’ parents, Qiu Qin Zou and Jia Zhang Zheng, illegally entered America over 30 years ago:
In 1993, they both applied for asylum, but an immigration judge denied those claims and ordered both Zheng and Zou removed from the U.S. in 1998. The Bureau of Immigration Appeals denied multiple attempts by the pair to have their case reopened, but they illegally remained in the U.S. for decades despite being ordered removed almost 30 years ago.
Authorities arrested Ann Mary upon her return from China.
Her brother remains at large in the communist country.
“Automatically granting citizenship to children of illegal aliens born in the U.S. is based on a historically inaccurate interpretation of the Citizenship Clause and poses a major national security risk. That reality became apparent last week when two U.S.-born children of Chinese illegal aliens were indicted for planting a potentially deadly explosive device outside MacDill Air Force Base in Florida,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “This incident underscores the severe national security threat that illegal immigration and birth right citizenship pose to the United States.”
That seems inarguable, but, of course, it is; in fact, we have a huge contingent of Democrats who do exactly that.
Although the parents of these two terrorists apparently came here to stay, a related issue if Chinese “birth tourism” whereby Chinese, whether wealthy in their own right or subsidized by the CCP, come to America to produce an auto-American and then return, taking their spawn with them to raise and indoctrinate before, presumably, sending them back her to work their magic.
I asked GROK for some numbers on this birth tourism, and got one, albeit loaded with ambiguity and uncertainty, but it’s fair to say that somewhere between 25,000 and 36,000 (high estimate, 100,000) are bred here each year, with a cumulative total between 750,000 -1.5 million.
There are no official U.S. government statistics that specifically track or count “birth tourists” (pregnant non-residents who enter on tourist visas or visa waivers specifically to give birth so their child automatically receives U.S. citizenship under the 14th Amendment). The U.S. does not require hospitals or birth registries to record the mother’s visa status or intent, and data on foreign-born mothers’ births come from broader sources like CDC birth certificates and the American Community Survey (ACS).
Estimates therefore rely on indirect methods (e.g., comparing birth records to resident surveys), industry reports, Chinese media/government sources, congressional testimony, and law-enforcement cases. They vary widely and are often contested, especially higher figures promoted in recent political debates. Chinese nationals have consistently been described as one of the largest (or the largest) national groups involved, with organized “maternity tourism” agencies in China advertising packages costing tens of thousands of dollars.
Key Estimates for Chinese Birth Tourism
Here is a summary of the main figures, focused on recent years (roughly 2015–2025, including pre-pandemic peaks):
Lower/more data-driven estimates (total birth tourism, all nationalities): The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), using CDC vs. ACS data on foreign-born mothers who appear to have left the U.S. shortly after birth, estimated 20,000–36,000 birth tourists per year in the mid-to-late 2010s (revised downward to ~20,000–26,000 in their 2020 analysis for 2016–2017 data). Chinese nationals were a major share of this total, especially after 2012.
Chinese-specific figures (mid-2010s peak):
Chinese government sources (cited in U.S. affidavits ~2015): ~4,200 Chinese babies born in the U.S. in 2008, rising to ~10,000 in 2012.
Media/industry reports around 2015: Roughly 20,000 Chinese birth tourists per year.
Pre-pandemic (2016 until COVID): One report cited ~80,000 Chinese women per year traveling to the U.S. for this purpose.
Higher/recent claims (often from Chinese sources or conservative analysts, cited in 2025–2026 Senate hearings and Supreme Court arguments):
Average 50,000–100,000 Chinese citizens per year giving birth in the U.S. (or U.S. territories), according to some Chinese research/intelligence references. One 2018 Chinese research-firm figure cited was as high as 180,000.
Cumulative total: 750,000 to 1.5 million Chinese-born U.S. citizens (or “American babies raised in China”) over the past 15 years or so, per China-watchers, Peter Schweizer (Government Accountability Institute), and Republican lawmakers in 2026 letters/testimony. These have been referenced in debates over birthright citizenship.
Context and Trends
Peaks and declines: Activity surged in the 2010s (hundreds of Chinese agencies advertised services; one California operation alone served >500 clients). It dropped sharply due to Trump-era visa policy changes (2020 rule targeting birth-tourism intent), COVID travel restrictions, and heightened scrutiny. Some resurgence has been reported post-pandemic, but numbers appear lower.
U.S. territories (e.g., Northern Mariana Islands/Saipan): Easier access via visa waiver for Chinese; peaked at 581 foreign-tourist births in 2018 (vast majority Chinese), but fell to ~47–58 by 2025.
Other notes: Separate but related is international surrogacy in the U.S. (Chinese nationals were ~42% of foreign intended parents in recent ASRM data, with thousands of cycles annually pre-COVID). Some high-end totals may blur lines between maternal birth tourism and surrogacy. Individual operations (e.g., raided California firms) served dozens to hundreds of Chinese clients each.
In short, credible U.S.-based analyses put annual Chinese birth tourism in the low tens of thousands at its peak, while higher Chinese-sourced or politically cited figures reach 80,000–100,000+ per year (with cumulative claims of ~1 million+).
I missed this post about birth tourism (vs anchor babies) in yesterday’s PJMedia page. I won’t excerpt it here, but it’s excellent; if you’re at all interested in the topic, it’s very much worth reading.