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« on: March 25, 2011, 01:57:30 PM »

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Authorities in California are investigating a crop of illegally converted maternity centers for Chinese women who come to the U.S. to give birth to American citizens, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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Code enforcement officials on March 8 reportedly shut down the three adjoining two-story condominiums that they say were converted into maternity wards. Ten mothers and seven newborns were reportedly found inside the buildings, the newspaper reports.

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On Thursday, a state lawmaker blasted the illegal maternity wards and said the finding underscores the need for immigration law changes, Reuters reports.

California state Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, a Republican, called the discovery an abuse of the Constitution's 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to any baby born in the U.S. -- with few exceptions.

"You wind up with these extreme situations where people will go to any length to get U.S. citizenship," Donnelly told Reuters.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/03/25/birthing-centers-chinese-women-looking-american-babies-uncovered-california/#ixzz1HdRgz1mH
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