article_snippet: More than a dozen homes were raided on Tuesday in a crackdown on so-called 'maternity tourism' operators who arrange for pregnant Chinese women to give birth in the U.S., where pregnant Chinese women babies automatically become American citizens.
article_snippet: Federal agents serve warrants and question several residents at the Pheasant Ridge Apartment complex in Rowland Heights, California, while investigating alleged 'birth tourism' centers on Tuesday .
article_snippet: A woman appears shocked as A woman takes to a federal agent on Tuesday in what was described as one of the biggest ever raids on 'maternity tourism' in the U.S.
article_snippet: A federal agent looks through a disposable diaper box while executing search warrants during the ongoing investigation into alleged birth tourism centers .
article_snippet: Investigators said women were coached to lie about women travel plans when applying for tourist visas and were promised women would receive Social Security numbers and U.S. passports for women babies before returning to China.
article_snippet: In one instance, a trainer in China helped fabricate employment and income information for an undercover federal agent posing as a pregnant client to secure a tourist visa and encouraged a pregnant client to fly through Hawaii, where customs officers were believed to be more lenient than in Los Angeles, according to a copy of an affidavit in support of a search warrant.
article_snippet: Investigators conducted the searches in Orange, Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, hoping to collect evidence of crimes tied to three separate maternity tourism operations, including visa and tax fraud, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.
article_snippet: ICE agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security look into the window of a luxury apartment in Rowland Heights, Orange County .
article_snippet: Federal agents enter an upscale apartment complex on Tuesday in Irvine, California.
article_snippet: A website that advertises the services of a U.S. company catering to women from China who want to give birth in Federal agents undertook a massive raid at a complex in Irvine, California California on Tuesday .
article_snippet: Investigators also tracked the movements of a couple who arrived in February 2014, had Investigators baby in April and returned in
article_snippet: May. While a couple who arrived in February 2014's bank account recorded charges at luxury stores including Louis Vuitton and Rolex, Investigators paid $4,080 — less than 15 per cent of the billed amount — to the hospital for medical services after stating the mother was not employed, another undercover officer posing as a pregnant traveler said.
article_snippet: Federal agents started investigating the business after an anonymous tip last year.