In this photo taken on Jan. 24, 2019, Denis Wolok, the father of 1-month-old Eva's father, shows the child's U.S. passport during an interview with The Associated Press in Hollywood, Fla. Every year, hundreds of pregnant Russian women, like Wolok's wife, Olga Zemlyanaya, travel to the United States to give birth so that their child can acquire all the privileges of American citizenship.
And the decidedly un-Russian climate in South Florida and the posh treatment they receive in the maternity wards — unlike dismal clinics back home — can ease the financial sting and make the practice seem more like an extended vacation. There are no figures on how many foreign women travel to the U.S. specifically to give birth. The Center for Immigration Studies, a group that advocates for stricter immigration laws, estimated that in 2012, about 36,000 foreign-born women gave birth in the U.S., then left the country.
An American passport confers many advantages. Once the child turns 21, he or she can apply for “green card” immigration status for the parents. “Seeing the conflict growing makes people want to take precautions because the country might well close its borders. And if that happens, one would at least have a passport of a different country and be able to leave,” said Ilya Zhegulev, a journalist for the Latvia-based Russian website Meduza that is sharply critical of the Kremlin.
But others, like the Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for less immigration, said the practice is harmful. Svetlana Mokerova and her husband went all out, renting an apartment with a sweeping view. She relished the tropical vibe, filling her Instagram account with selfies backed by palm trees and ocean vistas.“We just knew that it was something awesome,” added Mokerova, who gave birth to a daughter after she was interviewed.
DeSantis sending any of them to Martha's Vineyard, or is he paid a fee to let them 'immigrate' here to give birth? Different strokes for folks with cash?!
Miami become a little illegal russia they come here give a birth and stay living on children benefits, as a single Mom I don’t get medical benefits but all illegal tourists migrants have it. joke
Seems like someone like POTUS would be cracking down on this kind of immigration. I guess Putin won't let him. And the Senator from that state, marcorubio is not going to do anything either. Maybe he'll quote something from the Bible completely inappropriate.
They aren't staying in America
realDonaldTrump stop these anchor babies, it also sets up a situation, like the Chinese who try to secretly send their affluent wives over 2 give birth- that eventually these children could become plants in this country.
They have to go
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Hum...if this was Fox News talking about Mexicans liberals would scream Racism!! But since it’s about them evil Russkies, Dems will eat it up. Further proof The alt left isn’t anti bigotry they’re anti white.
Trump: 'Our country is full, our area’s full, the sector is full. We can’t take u* anymore, I’m sorry, can’t happen. So turn ard, that’s the way it is.' 😏 Russia, Niger, China 🚼 mama's fill Trump condos. At 18 sponsor parents for green card citizenship.
I can't believe the moronic comments here. Nationals from many countries game the system, especially China...and it's been happening for decades. Trying to link this to the Russian collusion delusion is pathetic. I guess TDS is a thing. But Trump should sign the EO he promised.
Is there any particular shared profile characteristics of the parents beyond the Florida geolocation and Russian background?
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Simply amazing this country has survived this long. I mean we have got to be the most stupid nation on the planet. All of Latin America does this, China does this. And so on and so on, and we (the doormat taxpayers) pay for all of it.
Anchor babies...call it what it is!
End birthright citizenship and all is well.
Media cares about birthing tourism when it’s white Christians doing it.
Hasn't the current administration railed against this very concept from Day 1? The hell is birth tourism other than code for 'something whites can do the POC are unjustly vilified for'....?
Benefits besides healthcare.
5DogsLover1 That’s ok with realDonaldTrump . As long as they are not Hispanic he’s good with it.
younghankhill wtf is this?
THIS IS THE BUSINESS MODEL JARED WAS RUNNING WITH HIS SISTER so TRUMP TALKS ABOUT MEXICANS DOING THIS claims its horrible and criminal Meanwhile. RUSSIANS ARE running america
pdacosta They’re Russians,OK? It’s Mexicans we don’t want. Got it?
They need to thank black people and pay us for it. The 14th Amendment was for us.
I welcome our new Overlords! lol
Birth Tourism... wtf is that? It's cool I guess if your Russian you can do anything in the US
Anchor babies, that's what they are.
You meant 'anchor babies', say it!
End transient birthright citizenship. Problem solved.
You guys did this story already last year around this time.
They. Are. Not. Brown.
Building a wall will DEFINITELY help lol
POTUS
as long as they arent brown its ok right
The cry for a Wall while the real enemy multiplies. Spies & multiplies 🇷🇺 U.S.S.A.
i know you lying
Copy Cats! Southern California leads the nation (as it does in every plague that begets mankind) in Russian and Chinese 'birth tourism'! We did it first here! Don't bud into our territory & try taking the lead Florida!
And you let the right get away with calling you liberal. Well they have it right in a way: 'birth tourism' is a very liberally whitewashed term. You suck on this one, AP.
Guess what THEY STAY AT MARLARGO 😳😳😳
AOC SpeakerPelosi
Yep, a wall is totally to going to stop this
We can allow this, but can’t allow people below the border
WTF is “birth tourism” You mean to say anchor babies.
Call them what Republicans call them when it’s people of color doing this .... anchor babies
Soooooooo anchor babies.
FeministaJones Ap you don’t have to do all this work to make birthright citizenship revocation appeal to the Democrats.
Wait, I thought these were called ANCHOR BABIES?
why is everyone in the replies snitching on the chinese. yall are snakes 😂😂😂
Esteli13_ interesting huh 🤦🏽♀️
This is why we need a dome. Those anchor babies are taking opportunities from actual Americans
I’m assuming they’ll be in a detention center while they go through a process for citizenship that’ll eventually have them denied and deported ? Or is there a skin color spectrum that you have to be on to bypass that whole thing
I mean, build that wal...
I’m sorry did you call this “birth tourism “
dougnaka
don't you mean 'anchor babies,' weird how the terms keep changing
the bullshit is so blatant
AnnCoulter are these those anchor babies you were talking about
When contacted, ICE was unavailable for comment
'Birth tourism' is it? Bloody swarms of immigrants who can't speak English using jus soli to get their children US citizenship, the parasites. Oh, wait, they're white, so it's ok. Carry on. Fucking opportunists who had the nerve to interfere in our elections. GTFOH.
jenikoleva To enjoy birth in US, one of the worst in developed world?
Anchor babies
no_cut_card But when a mother who happens to has a tinge more color to their skin does it...
Funny how when white foreigners have their babies on US soil, it's 'birth tourism', but when brown foreigners do it, it's 'anchor babies' and a national crisis
So, uh, anchor babies?
Weren't they called Anchor Babies a few years ago?
Why is it called 'birth tourism' and not 'anchor babies?' That's what you call it when Hispanics do it. How come the Russians get a new term?
You know damn well a majority of birth tourism isn’t Russians.
If you think this is a problem you should be in favor of rescinding jus soli citizenship.
This is a load of cr*p, I bet there are more Chinese tourist who do this than Russian's. But the majority come across the border.
No problem with Russian and eat Europe birth citizenship. It’s the strikers that are the problem. And Jews.
These are obviously rich Russians paying for their own travel costs and medical expenses. What is the problem?
Stop acting like it’s primarily Russians doing this.
realDonaldTrump, TheWorstPOTUSEver & GOAT in terms of UnethicalPresidency, is ruling a relentless pursuit of a BornAgainConfederacy tied to a borderless WhiteSupremacistPlot led by FührerPutin of whom he's TheIndebtedApprentice: MuellerReport is a SS, a SlySmokescreen!
But, But, I thought immigrants are what makes the USA so great?
Chinese in Southern california too
AnnCoulter Is this real? If it is I don’t know what to think about this,how can this happen?
AnnCoulter They stay at trump properties
The very definition of anchor babies. THIS is what needs to change in our constitution. If your mom is here illegally or only visiting on a visa, you are NOT an American citizen.
AnnCoulter At least they are white.
Still waiting for that EO to stop the flow of anchor-babies, realDonaldTrump...
let's get our South border under control first. Over 700k illegals now! Birth Tourists i need more reading on.
See the big picture, folks. We've inherited a decades long mess of an immigration policy. Buffoons to the left of us, Buffon's to the right of us. FixIt
Chinese have their own birthing centers in CA. These are for wealthy privileged people. Interesting subject.
FlaCoconuts In 18 years (and sooner) Russians will be voting in our elections, running for public office. They won’t need hacked voting machines, suppression or gerrymandering.
As long as they’re not middle eastern mudslums I’m good with this. Russian women are hot.
AnnCoulter Why are we granting them citizenship? It is really that hard to understand illegal immigration is just cheap labor for the rich and the reason we can’t call Muslims terrorists is because neocons need them to migrate elsewhere for their plans to hijack the Middle East!
AnnCoulter WE should end this madness and abuse of our laws.
AnnCoulter Why do they do this? They have a big country, rich of natural resources (e.g. natural gas), by themselves. They don't need the USA. Western European, esp North-Western European women have a bigger need to do this than Mexicans or Russians.
Not exactly breaking news. For the past 10 years.
AnnCoulter “Hundreds of Russians” HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Central Americans come illegally, have children, stay to take advantage of our generous welfare system, take jobs from American citizens, & send billions of untaxed dollars back to their native countries.
AnnCoulter Yeah where they getting all the money from? Sounds suspicious to me. He sold his two cars I doubt it.
AnnCoulter POTUS when will this be addressed its ridiculous and it must stop.
AnnCoulter Funny how no one decides to birth in China or Russia.
AnnCoulter Just what you and the anti-American Associated Press love isn't it? You destroy the credibility of the once-great Associated Press by employing children as journalist. Journalism is dead.
Note: “under the jurisdiction of” the U.S. and “reside in” one of the states! The 14th Amendment states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
AnnCoulter Better to have the Russians then the Chinese
That bothers some people - good I hope they all vote Republican
AnnCoulter Just old news. This has been known for many years! Must be a news “franchise” story, part 3.
AnnCoulter Finland doesn’t allow this.
Somewhere in Florida, Trump's next wife is being born.
Well doesn’t Putin own Mara Largo
AnnCoulter At least they’re Russians!
AnnCoulter It’s not just Russians it’s everybody in the world and we do nothing about it ..
AnnCoulter Now that's some collusion I can get behind.
AnnCoulter realDonaldTrump when does this stop?
anntensity America is being assaulted in every form imaginable and we must address it.
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AnnCoulter The law says that a newborn is not a citizen unless both his/her parents are citizens! WHEN DO WE ENFORCE THIS?
AnnCoulter Hundreds per year? 76,103 Central Americans apprehended at the border in just February.. can we please get our priorities straight?
Chines do this too
AnnCoulter Russians. Chinese. Mexicans. El Salvadorans. Hondurans. Anybody else ?
AnnCoulter Totally true about Russian women.I saw huge groups of tourist. Who would of thought that was there game and most don't speak English at all. Who needs them..
AnnCoulter Sad. That has to change. Congress wake up.
AnnCoulter End birthright citizenship from alien mother's. Now.
Well ain’t that Great ? No Crisis there either...
Dawnsfire Hmmmm...🤔
AnnCoulter Everyone does it.
AnnCoulter Abort them
Is it suddenly an issue when the focus can be on Russians? China has had a thriving birth tourism industry for ages, to the tune of tens of thousands every year. But Latin Americans... Now they rrreally raised it to an art form.
AnnCoulter
“IMMigRation ProbLems OnLy a ProBLem When itS wHite PeOple”
AnnCoulter Dreamers
AnnCoulter Come to Canada. You are welcome!
AnnCoulter You cant make this up
AnnCoulter Birth tourism needs to be ended. The chinese do it also. The anchor baby is a con.
AnnCoulter End birthright citizenship
Not only do democrats oppose curbing anchor babies, but they have made the charge using that term is racist, and what do they say when confronted with a story like this? We'll never know, because the MSM is afraid to ask.
AnnCoulter Anchor babies was never the founding fathers intent.
AnnCoulter Notice the AP only reports on this when it's white people. Millions of Mexicans have been doing this for decades.
You don't hear realDonaldTrump talking about this a lot
Typical. Russians copying from others.
AnnCoulter That's how Melania got in
This needs to end now.
AnnCoulter Doesn't everybody
anntensity Let's end this anchor baby nonsense.
Birthright citizenship was originally granted for American slaves and their descendants. I am upset that people are abusing the system ADOS Tangibles2020
These are AnnCoulter's 'anchor babies,' right? Right?
Oh my! Are we not surprised?
Anchor babies
Smh this shit had to stop!
This should make trump and his buddies very happy! PutinsPuppet
What the fuck is wrong with Russia that they need to do that? I thought Putin was the worlds greatest leader.
But.....MEXICANS!!!!
Cuz Florida.
Anchor babies
Doramary Trump has been making money off of Russians coming to his Florida property for years. These are the real anchor babies. Launder some money with Trump AND get a US birth certificate for your Russian baby Republicans ... history is not going to believe it
There’s your anchor baby story.
There are Trumps anchor babies!
Muchos ciudadanos de toda la América Latina hacen los mismo
Now, i know how the russians hacked into our system.
This was going on when Obama was POTUS. Don’t be ridiculous. Chinese have been doing it also.
Canada would be a better choice. Great passport. No worldwide taxation.
Meanwhile Republicans are worried about people of color living here.
White anchor babies.
If these women where from south of the US border or Islamic realDonaldTrump would be declaring a national emergency
More reason to change outdated and misused law
Still better than allowing refugee caravans across the border and flood our cities.
Russian women are White. Trump and the rest of the White supremacists won't complain about their birth tourism. They may even promote it.
Does anyone see a problem with this? Russia & China have been doing this for years under our broken immigration laws. When Trump said he wanted to fix it Democrats when crazy, blind-sighted on Illegal immigrants from S. America only! AmericaFirst
Everybody around the world 🌎 talk trash about USA 🇺🇸 but every one wants to live in the best country in the world 🌎 DIOS 🙏🏻🕊bendiga Estados Unidos 🇺🇸 ❤️
This is otherwise known as the Trump effect look how many Russians he sold condos to
Gee Trump isn’t complaining about Russians in Florida!
If somebody does not do something these anchor babies will vote for Ivanka 2040 elections. Remember this tweet
Trump floated the idea to get rid of this and was called a racist, Nazi blah blah blah
At least they don’t come from Mexico.
Funny it's now seen as a problem when Russians do it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Like the First Lady did?
It's okay for illegal immigrants to do the same but Russian women is a no go
This has to stop.
Why not? We are like a Russian colony now anyway....they are calling all the shots in our executive branch and half the congress.
They entered the country legally!!! they paid for everything themselves, whats wrong with that?
This must mean Trump colluded with Russia!
It's mostly Chinese that do this, and it's nothing new.
Why isn’t the Donald apprehending them? Oh that’s right, wrong skin color.
Russian anchor babies born at Trump properties......nothing to see here!
Exactly why the 14th Amendment needs to be amended!
Chinese do this as well
This has to stop
This is totally ridiculous and how the hell is this even legal?
anchor babies vs birth tourism
Ask Trump if he cares, they're white.
Where is the wall to stop this bullshit, eh? realDonaldTrump
Surely someone is looking into this from ICE and DOS...
Selective immigration is ok as long as we BuildTheWall, it's the maga way.
It’s been happening for along time already
Anyone can give birth anywhere in the world. This is just pure racism!
This is racist news
People have been doing this for years, crossing border illegally to get medical care and have their children born in U.S so whats the difference? At least Russians are coming over legally on a Visa. But its not ok because they are coming from Russia?
the kind of anchor babies trump likes
_Europe Say whaaaa...
Someone needs to tell Trump eventough he won't do a thing about it.
It’s being going on for decades
Sooo according to Trump, only latinos are invading the country? Or invasion does not apply to white europeans?
They also stay in Trump properties. I wonder what maga thinks about that? Or is just Hispanic mothers who spark their outrage?
Need to stop that shit right now. Revoke citizenship for any kids that were born to Russian nationals in the last three years.
Sleeper agents for Lenin.
Trump Properties Profit From Russians Flocking To Miami To Give Birth!
We need to end birthright citizenship.
якорь ребенка
Seems to make that wall thing seem stupid
Not only Russians, supporters of Maduro's terrorist Venezuelan regime do that all the time. Birthright citizenship should meet certain criteria: you must have lived in the US (or any other First World Country) continuously for a number of years OR your PROVEN spouse is a citizen.
This has been happening for 30 yrs
Of course its trump country
Russian sleeper cells
It was Democrat’s who made this law possible
Sooooo, THIS, then, is where the southern border crisis really is. White Russians flooding in Miami....dropping anchors.
realDonaldTrump - We must build a wall to prevent these Russian infiltrators!!!!!!!!
Just bc they have babies here doesn’t mean they can stay. Just means their kids are citizens.
Where is Trump screaming anchor babies at these opportunistic Russians?
Where's all the illegals/anchor baby outrage? Wait, I know...
What would the Trump Administration be saying if these women were coming from Africa? Nothing. They would be denied entry. If Russia is good enough for our govt to mimic, why isn't it a good enough place for Russian women to give birth?
Birthright citizenship should be seriously revised, if not ended. It is open to all kinds of abuse.
Guess they are not from brown/black shithole countries so it's ok by this administration plus Russia will have more locally bred moles!
Another national emergency, Spanky!! realDonaldTrump
But we need a wall riiiiiiight
A realDonaldTrump programme with Russian whereby a Russian mother gives birth to her child in USA Takes him/her back to Russia where the child is trained as an operative returning years later as a full USA citizens BUT is now a spy! Great movie plot except TRUMP makes it real!
But a YUGE wall between us and Mexico will solve this..... Right, realDonaldTrump
This doesn’t bother anyone in the slightest ?
I say executive order ... one parent must be a legal citizen in order for a baby born within our borders to automatically become a citizen!
skennison This could be the plot for a revival of The Americans.
Took our jerbs!
Probably invited by MFOTUS and all those Russians who paid him five times what the condos he sold them were worth.
This is EXTREMELY minimal in comparison to the amount of south americans coming to the US annually to do the exact same thing, yet you view this as a problem. It's because they have white skin, right?
Hmmmm 🤔 Wouldnt put this strategy passed Putin. He’s capable of using women in this way
But you know. Build the wall or whatever.
With the help of trump
DonaldJTrumpJr Friends of yours?
This needs to end.
Joeybv jorozco31 We need that wall up fast 👀....
Why do we allow late term women travel here? It’s obvious what they’re doing.
This is INSANE. Birthrihht citizenship to non citizens. This is the constitutional amendment we need.
I may be off, but I'm guessing that ICE is not rushing to deport these anchor baby aspirants.
Anchor babies. Wheres the GOP and Donald on this?
BuildTheWall in Florida
Didn't they crack down on something like this in CA and Chinese?
This is insulting. Fix the law!!!!!
Good thing she's white or this could be a problem.
Hey, Trump. How about this? Does this count as an invasion?
Do the all stay at Mar-a-Lago?
This is a year old recycled news, reporters off on a drunk?
Wow there’s a lot of xenophobia in the replies here
In the UK babies born there is no guarantee to get UK citzenship only if one of the parents are British as well.
This shit needs to end. Other countries do this too , btw
Wait, why isn't ICE breaking down the doors? Is it because the Russian women tend to stay at Trump properties? Is it because...they aren't brown?
The president and the GOP only concerns themselves with brown people.
Imagine that.
Such bullshit
'They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're sex traffickers and rapists .....'
Only “news” cause involves Russia. Chinese have been playing this trick for years, and continue to do so. Big money in this scam.
If only they would come here to GET pregnant. Russian chicks are hot.
Build the..... Airline barriers? So anchor babies from Russia are ok?
Why bother? We have the same leader?
The Chinese do this in California
Seattle is China’s South Florida.
Haha!! And you don’t mention the illegals coming through our southern border who have been doing this for decades? Uhhh, did you just wake up?
ICEgov
But they’re white anchor babies so no complaints from republicans.
That is the place where we need a 'wall'
So what's being done about it? This was 'news' last year
Oh they meant anchor babies....
😱🤬
Russian agents with American passports
AmericaFirst
realDonaldTrump not good!
But... but...what about the MEXICANS!!!
Gaming the system.
Trump is closing this loophole
Build a wall?
Same thing happening in Canada via China.
So it's okay for Russian women to do it but not Mexican? For it.
You don’t hear trump complaining about this....wonder why? Bet they stay at his hotels too
Build a wall!
StopTheInvasion
And trump is fine with it because Putin told him it was ok