Southern California Couple Found Guilty of Operating Birth Tourism Business

A Southern California couple, Michael Liu and Jing Dong, has been found guilty of running a sophisticated birth tourism business that helped pregnant women from China enter the United States to give birth, thereby securing U.S. citizenship for their children. The couple, residents of Rancho Cucamonga, faced multiple charges related to the scheme, which prosecutors say targeted pregnant Chinese women who were willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars for the opportunity to have their children born on American soil.

A federal jury delivered its verdict on Friday. . .