[Theoria]

Joy.

[headstamp 2]

“It also guarantees their children something many wealthy Chinese want these days: a U.S. passport. “

Don’t they mean citizenship?

[rjsimmon]

Pretty sure there are still orphanages in China. Maybe they should browse the homegrown aisle before looking for a quick path to US citizenship.

[Former Fetus]

"The surrogates are putting their own health at risk for another person," she says. "And for immigration reasons, to me, that's .... not ethical."

But selling babies surrogacy for any other reason is ok?

[dfwgator]

It's the International Chinese Communist Conspiracy

[redangus]

We have truly become a third world country. Isn’t this what we used to see Americans do. Go to third world backwater country and find some poor woman willing to rent her wound so the rich, educated, professional woman wouldn’t have to do that pregnancy thing, but her and her husband could still have the trophy kid to show off to their friends. Thanks Mr. Obama you have suceeded in dragging us down to Indonesian level.

[magellan]

What they want is the ability to apply to send their child to college in the U.S. without the encumbrances of a student visa, and in the case of California public universities, I assume they will get in-state tuition.

Then they also want the child to get a high paying job in the U.S. after college, and then have their child apply for chain migration privileges so they may get a visa and immigrate to the U.S. to retire here, with our far superior health care system (especially in the area of diseases of aging like cancer and heart disease, where the U.S. leads the world in survival rates).

Remember, a resident alien over age 65 is eligible for Medicare. They have to buy into Part A (Hospitalization), but it is only $426 with a $1,216 annual deductible. Part B (Doctor’s visits) costs $104.90 with a $147 annual deductible. Part D (Prescription Drug coverage) varies but my mother’s costs about $40/month.

All totaled, for less than $7000/year, an over 65 year old person can get very comprehensive medical coverage with a small deductible. For two parents, the $14,000 per year cost is well within the salary of an upper middle-class professional such as a doctor of software developer. Add to that the Chinese-American will likely buy a home large enough for his parents to move into once they get their green cards, so retirement in the U.S. will not incur any housing costs.