article_snippet: Based on the results of the investigations to date, it appears the women pay cash for prenatal visits and the actual delivery," U.S. authorities said.
article_snippet: Chinese women have been flocking to the United States to give birth, lured because the country grants American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, CNN Money reported last month.
article_snippet: In 2012, about 10,000 Chinese women gave birth in the United States, more than double the 4,200 in 2008, according to Chinese state media.
article_snippet: In an interview with CNN Money in February, Felicia He, 27, said she paid tens of thousands of dollars to give birth in California.
article_snippet: I started getting ready for the trip around the end of my first trimester," He said.
article_snippet: I asked my friends who have given birth before in the U.S. for a doctor recommendation; then I found a place to stay in the area for a few months, and purchased my plane ticket.