Longview doctor's 'birth tourism' business draws eye of Homeland Security

[TexasTowelie]

In a group of photos posted on Facebook in August 2018, Longview’s Dr. Yasser Zeid posed with a handful of busy babies.

The children had all been placed on a large, wooden table, with mothers and fathers standing close — some of them holding babies upright if they were too young to sit by themselves and others with hands out as toddlers moved and tried to walk on the table. Zeid, an obstetrician/gynecologist who owns Zeid Women’s Health Center in Longview, was in the background.

The photo is in a collection titled “A Gathering in Egypt” found on the Zeid Women’s Health Center International Group Facebook page.

“Getting to see the babies born with us at Zeid WHC as they grow is one of our greatest blessings. We love visiting with the families and seeing their babies play together,” a description with the photo album says.

Read more: https://www.news-journal.com/news/local/longview-doctor-s-birth-tourism-business-draws-eye-of-homeland/article_4a05ffca-fbe5-11e9-a132-9b6ca3df3245.html
(Longview News-Journal)

[Ilsa]

1. Trump is fine with Russians doing it.

Nevano said his agency has noticed in particular trend in Chinese and Russian nationals exploiting the medical provisions to come to the United States to have babies, usually in specific areas of the country. While it might be possible to obtain a visa to give birth here, there are still crimes associated with the practice that Nevano’s agency can investigate.

[tanyev]

2. Da.

Anatoliy Kuzmin held out his daughter’s blue U.S. passport over a red Russian one and snapped a photo from a Florida beach.

“Woohoo! Got dual citizenship for my daughter!” he wrote on Instagram.

American citizenship for the newborn girl was the goal of Kuzmin and his Instagram-celebrity wife, who sought the help of birth-tourism services in Florida for the arrival of their first child. They are among the estimated hundreds of Russian parents who flock to the U.S. annually for warm weather, excellent medical care, and, more importantly, birthright American citizenship.

And many, like Kuzmin and his wife, stay at President Donald Trump’s properties in Florida.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russians-flock-to-trump-properties-to-give-birth-to-us-citizens