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Baby Web sites shut down
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Posted on Nov 07 2008
Two Web sites advertising to Japanese and Chinese women to have their babies in the CNMI in order for the children to gain U.S. citizenship have shut down.
Saipanbaby.com has a note on the Web site in Japanese stating the website has been suspended.
Babysaipan.com has a similar message.
The two Web sites were advertising that, for a cost of $15,000 to $40,000, women could come to the CNMI to give birth. Women would stay in the Commonwealth for two to three months before giving birth at the Commonwealth Health Center.
Both Web sites touted the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship as reasons to have babies in the CNMI.
Melvin Grey, director for the CNMI’s Division of Immigration, earlier said that the practice is not illegal so there is nothing CNMI or U.S. Immigration officials could do to stop it from happening.
He said it is a fairly common occurrence for women from foreign countries to come to Saipan to have their children.
Two similar Web sites, advertising services to Korean women to have babies in Guam, were also shut down recently.
