Russians Flock to Trump Properties to Give Birth to U.S. Citizens

[highplainsdem]

Source: Daily Beast

While Trump rails against U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants, his Florida properties have become a playground for birth tourists from Russia’s upper crust. The Daily Beast has discovered several companies are advertising rentals in Trump properties to expectant Russian parents. While the Trump Organization does not directly profit from subleases of privately owned condos, it does benefit from Russian patronage of the nearby Trump International Beach Resort. (The Trump Organization did not return requests comment.)

Many of the companies that cater to Russian birth tourists advertise their services openly and warn no one will get in trouble as long as they don’t lie on immigration paperwork.

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The Florida Trump properties are convenient options for wealthy Russians who can afford it. They are notorious for being investment properties for Russia’s hyper-wealthy, a safe place to store savings in U.S. dollars. And birth tourism companies offer Trump apartments as part of packages costing upwards of $75,000.

SVM-MED, a Miami birth tourism company that also boasts outposts in Moscow and Kiev, offers three tiers of packages to its clients, with the top two advertising lodging in Trump Towers. The most expensive package from costs $84,700 for a Trump Tower II apartment with a gold-tiled bathtub and chauffeured Cadillac Escalade or Mercedes Benz.

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Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/russians-flock-to-trump-properties-to-give-birth-to-us-citizens

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From what the article says, these are typically three-month stays.

This gets US citizenship for these Russian families' children, "a shot at financial aid at U.S. schools and easier access to jobs in the U.S." -- and after the child turns 21, he or she can apply for family reunification to get parents and non-citizen siblings greencards.

[saidsimplesimon]

1. The hypocrisy

is built into liar IT's dna.

[mpcamb]

51. Okay, let's get that banned before dawn tommorow. His position at 1500 Pennsylvania Ave

makes it an international conflict of interest, and somewhere, somewhere in this beaten-down country there must be a lawyer with enough decency and honor to take it to court to stop it.

[dhill926]

2. what in the ever loving fuck....

[Cosmocat]

38. Pretty much took the words out of my mouth

fucking russians ...

[kimbutgar]

3. This needs to show up on rightwing sites.

[atreides1]

27. Why?

Those rightwing people regard the Russians as allies! And they love Putin...


https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/world/americas/alt-right-vladimir-putin.html

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/american-neo-nazis-believe-vladimir-putin-is-the-heralded-savior-of-white-people-heres-why/

http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-connections-to-the-alt-right-2016-11

[kimbutgar]

35. They are against immigrants aren't they?

Or are they only against brown ones?

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

47. "Or are they only against brown ones?"

Well, put it to you this way: they LOVE Melania Trump.

[tanyev]

4. Trump's enabling anchor babies?

If they were Hispanic, his base would really hate this.

[lostnfound]

12. It's way worse: If they don't grow up here, where do their loyalties lie?

Planting future transplants now.

[LiberalLovinLug]

42. ...

[Angry Dragon]

5. it is okay because they are white - sperm and egg lottery

[Blue_Tires]

54. +1

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Russian anchor babies. When will we start seeing signs and firms having

in both English and Russian?

[BowlLikeAChicken]

19. Brooklyn,

go there now.

[leftynyc]

23. There have always been signs in Russia

out by Coney Island (area called Little Odessa). That means nothing - dual language signs are all over NY - Russian, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Greek - just depends on what neighborhood you're in.

[Blackjackdavey]

45. Russian villages

There are full blown Russian villages in Alaska. Complete with arranged marriages and dowries.

[Beartracks]

7. WTF Trumps?

[SunSeeker]

8. K & R for exposure.

[littlemissmartypants]

9. Of course they are!

Thanks for the post, highplainsdem.

Kick.

♡lmsp

[SleeplessinSoCal]

10. Downright creepy.

Because they are white, there won't be a backslash. President Scam probably sees it as a win/win.

[PatSeg]

11. That headline read

like something from The Onion! Then I realized it was "Latest Breaking News".

I hear that when Russia sends its people, they're not sending their best...........some, I assume, are good people.

[BigmanPigman]

13. Meanwhile over 800,000 dreamers are looking

at being sent to a country they have never even been to or speak the language and 45's idiot base/cult supports it.

Does anything make sense since Nov 8th?

[NBachers]

14. Birth Tourists - That's an easy enough term to insert into the public dialog.

[BadgerMom]

15. K and R

[Hekate]

16. This a law that -- finally -- needs adjusting

Bitterly,
Hekate

[leftynyc]

24. That would require changing

the constitution. 14th amendment allows for this.

[Luciferous]

30. It should still be changed, although I doubt it will ever happen.

[Hekate]

36. It needs to recognize ... airlines ... and intent.

And I know it's Constitutional and I have always defended it.

[leftynyc]

41. I'd use this story

to get the conversation started:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/russians-flock-to-trump-properties-to-give-birth-to-us-citizens

[IronLionZion]

48. It dates back to when the South would screw over black people

by claiming they couldn't be US citizens despite being born here. There were also efforts to screw over Native Americans and Latinos and other minorities who were just not white enough for the racists who believed US citizens have European heritage.

Millions of children of legally documented immigrants and political refugees have benefited from this law. You might be talking to one online right now.

I would like to keep the amendment but they could pass a law with some sort of residency requirement for the parents to avoid abuse.

But we can't go back to the old white power ways. Diversity is good for America. There was a time when even Reagan and other prominent Republicans wanted new American citizens. Citizenship is a good thing for our country.

[longship]

17. Here they are, the Russian anchor babies!

[Chakaconcarne]

18. How reliable is this source?

[Not Ruth]

20. Not just Russian, not just white

Chinese people do it even more in my anectodotal experience. Summer camp was loaded with kids that had been born here, raised in China, and who came to the US every summer. Even met a couple of Vietnamese kids that were doing the same. Every country has super rich that do what they want. Think about the job it takes to come from a 3rd world country and live in a $500/night hotel for 2 months. The summer camp tuition alone was almost $9k.

[DetlefK]

21. Anchor-babies.

[WinkyDink]

22. Fifth-Column Babies.

[Scarsdale]

29. Future republican voters.

Surely it would not be too difficult to refuse entry to pregnant women? Future drain on taxpayers with financial aid for college.

[Not Ruth]

31. Refuse entry to pregnant women?

Yeah, this is not discriminatory.

[WinkyDink]

32. I would broaden it to "Russians." But that's just me.

[onetexan]

40. if their families are loaded to be able to afford such high expenses to have the babies here

why are they worried about financial aid for college is the question. I can understand they're taking advantage of the loophole in the system and having the child here to secure eventual US residency down the road. That needs to be changed.

[IronLionZion]

25. But they have to deport the tax paying law abiding brown DACA immigrants

because they don't give as much money to the Trumps as these wealthy Russians

[Achilleaze]

26. republican sleaze

as usual -

[no_hypocrisy]

28. The Russian babies are American citizens. If born in another country, and

brought to US one day later, the same baby is a DREAMER.

[WinkyDink]

33. Well, NOW he's a deportee.

[SHRED]

34. Is this getting mainstream play?

[Thrill]

37. They white tho

[onetexan]

39. The Chinese do the same

and i'm sure there are others elsewhere who do the same. That said, this is a complete disgrace that idiot 45's properties are involved in such schemes. FBI needs to do something about these shady "birth tourism" businesses bucking the system. There needs to be law in place to prevent such things from happening. These babies need to be sent back with their parents' countries of origin.

[LongTomH]

43. The jobs these gold-plated 'anchor babies' will take from Americans are at the upper end.....

.....of the income distribution. I understand that foreign students already outnumber Americans at prestige universities on the West Coast.

[treestar]

44. Well well

More evidence of Donald's hypocrisy.

[JDC]

46. The hypocrisy knows no bounds

[yuiyoshida]

49. This crime family...

この犯罪家族

[7962]

52. "Birth tourism". Been going on for years & China is the biggest offender.

I wouldnt be against changing the law on this

[Blue_Tires]

53. Trump continues to find new ways to play his base for suckers on an hourly basis...