# Texas Shuts Down Chinese 'Birth Tourism' Center Amid Citizenship Fight

- URL: https://twotakes.us/stories/texas-shuts-down-chinese-birth-tourism-center-amid-citizenship-fight
- Published: 2026-09-20T07:08:36.496427+00:00
- Topics: immigration, birth-tourism, birthright-citizenship, texas, ken-paxton

## What the left says
- Birthright citizenship is a constitutional guarantee under the 14th Amendment, and legal scholars caution against efforts to selectively enforce or reinterpret immigration law in ways that single out specific nationalities, including Chinese nationals.
- Concerns exist that framing this as an 'invasion' echoes rhetoric that can fuel xenophobia and stigmatize Asian communities broadly, even when the legal issue concerns a specific business's alleged deceptive practices.
- Any enforcement action should focus narrowly on documented fraud or visa misrepresentation rather than being used as a political platform, especially given Paxton's active Senate campaign.
- Due process matters for the defendants named in the lawsuit, and allegations should be proven in court rather than treated as settled fact in public statements.

## What the right says
- Birth tourism operations that coach foreign nationals to conceal their intentions and apply for visas before pregnancy represent a deliberate circumvention of U.S. immigration law, not a legitimate use of the system.
- A business operating for nearly 20 years and facilitating over 1,000 births shows a pattern of organized, large-scale exploitation of birthright citizenship rather than isolated incidents.
- State officials have a responsibility to act against operations that undermine immigration enforcement when federal authorities are seen as insufficiently aggressive on the issue.
- Marketing citizenship access as a commercial service, complete with luxury tourism packages, cheapens the meaning of American citizenship and exploits a legal loophole for profit.

## Common ground
- The De'Ai Postpartum Care Center in Houston operated for years and allegedly facilitated over 1,000 births to Chinese nationals.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit in April 2026 and announced the shutdown in September 2026.
- The center marketed services through Chinese social media platforms and advised clients to apply for U.S. visas before becoming pregnant.
- Birth tourism is a real and measurable phenomenon, with the Migration Policy Institute estimating 22,000 to 26,000 such births occur annually in the U.S.

## Sources
- [Daily Caller](https://dailycaller.com/2026/09/18/birth-tourism-ken-paxton-chinese-nationals-texas) (Right)
- [Daily Wire](https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-shuts-down-chinese-birth-tourism-center-visited-by-daily-wire) (Right)
- [Just The News](https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/houston-area-center-offering-birth-tourism-shut-down-following-ag-filed?utm_source=justthenews.com&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=external-news-aggregators) (Right)
- [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-vote-childhood-polio-recovery-senate-12461927) (Lean Right)
- [Washington Times](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/18/texas-shuts-company-coached-chinese-birthright-citizenship/) (Right)

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