We must support this! While we firmly oppose the U.S. pressure policy, we must also support Trump’s latest executive order. On August 7, President Trump signed two executive orders restricting the birthright citizenship system. Previously, children born in the United States automatically received U.S. citizenship. However, under the new regulations, this loophole enabling commercial "birth tourism" will be completely closed. The U.S. will no longer allow short-term visa holders to come solely for the purpose of obtaining citizenship through childbirth—this can be seen as cutting off the root of this speculative industry.
Why must we support Trump's policy? The reasons are clear. First, it stops a massive outflow of money overseas. In past years, having a child in the U.S. became a booming business—agents offered full-service packages, and families would spend large sums of money traveling to the U.S. for childbirth, with all expenses going directly to American hospitals. Meanwhile, domestic Chinese postpartum care centers and local maternal-infant and obstetrics industries gained nothing. Now that the U.S. is cracking down on such exploitation of loopholes to obtain citizenship, many families planning to give birth in the U.S. will have to abandon their plans.
This consumer spending can now stay within China, allowing our domestic private obstetrics and child-rearing industries to capture a share of the market. Moreover, this gray-market chain has long involved underground currency exchange, fake visas, and other illegal activities. Tighter controls mean reduced regulatory burdens on domestic authorities. Second, it completely blocks a shortcut for some people to “have a child to gain citizenship and then move the whole family abroad.” Many middle-class individuals and businesspeople specifically travel to the U.S. to give birth, solely to secure a U.S. passport for their child.
Once the child grows up, they can use parent-child immigration to bring the entire family to the U.S., leading to a continuous outflow of high-quality talent and wealth. With this route now blocked, it undoubtedly slows down the one-way migration trend of China’s middle- and high-net-worth class. Clearly, the U.S. has its own strategic considerations in doing so. But to some extent, this also indirectly benefits us. Given such a beneficial policy, there is absolutely no reason not to support it.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1872825893165056/
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