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New York Hotel Pioneers Birth Tourism - ClassicalLib17 - 06-18-2010
After reading this, ask yourself, what are we allowing to happen to our society? Could we please bring back Jimmy Carter? He doesn't worry me so much anymore.
New York hotel pioneers birth tourism
Posted on: 10 Jun 2010 at 12:07 PM in Tourism News
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A New York hotel is staking its claim to have invented a new hospitality niche â birth tourism. The Marmara Manhattan offers âan exclusive package for new mothers that wish to give birth in the USAâ, with the additional bonus of the newborn child gaining US citizenship.
The hotel, which is part of the Turkish hospitality chain, exploits the 14th amendment to the US constitution, which states that all children born on American soil âare citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they resideâ.
The Marmara Manhattan, which is located in New Yorkâs Upper East Side, told The Times: âWhat we offer is simply a one-bedroom suite accommodation for $5,100, plus taxes, for a month, with airport transfer, baby cradle and a gift set for the mother.â There are also medical fees of about £20,500.
However the price is a cheap and easy one to pay for US citizenship. Many will eventually use the newborn - known as an âanchor babyâ - as a stepping stone for the immigration of extended family.
The hotel has so far sold 15 of the packages.
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According to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the practice is entirely legal as long as the women can pay their medical bills.
However there are noises being made in Washington to close the loophole.
Gary Miller, a Republican congressman, told The Times: âThey come to this country and have babies. The children are citizens. The children are eligible to go to school.
They receive food stamps and social programmes. The American taxpayers are paying for it.
Key source markets include Hong Kong, South Korea and Turkey, where a number of travel agencies specialise in the birth tourism market.
âMany people say they are doing it because they want their kids to get a cheaper education and not deal with visa issues when they grow up,â said Levant Bas, of the Istanbul-based operator Gurib Tourism. âWe have a package that covers everything from the flight and city tours to accommodation for several months and hospital expenses.
Re: New York Hotel Pioneers Birth Tourism - Frankzilch - 06-19-2010
I wonder if there was still a military draft if people would be so eager to become citizens. Maybe we should bring the draft back.