Concerns Over China’s Use of Birthright Citizenship
Peter Schweitzer has raised alarms about what he describes as a “civilizational war” that China is waging. He claims that the country takes advantage of its elites by encouraging them to have children in the United States, who are then raised back in China and return as citizens when they grow up.
Schweitzer, in his book “The Invisible Coup: How America’s Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon,” asserts that Chinese influence has infiltrated various sectors of American life, including politics, Wall Street, and entertainment.
He suggests that China has strategically utilized its birth tourism policies to exploit the Fourteenth Amendment, which grants citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. Schweitzer argues that this has been part of a deliberate strategy by the Chinese government.
According to him, China began promoting this initiative around 13 years ago. He mentioned that many Chinese nationals have successfully navigated this system, which has resulted in an estimated 100,000 births over that time frame, all referred to as “children of the elite.” The process allows these children to eventually return to the U.S. with citizenship, although they are raised in China under the Communist Party’s educational system.
Additionally, Schweitzer pointed out what he calls the “surrogacy problem,” where affluent Chinese individuals seek American women to bear children for them, taking advantage of U.S. birthright laws. He referenced a recent Wall Street Journal report on this trend, noting the lack of comprehensive data from the federal government on the matter.
He has been in discussions with senators regarding this issue and expressed anticipation for possible governmental action. The situation is further complicated by an upcoming Supreme Court review of an executive order by President Trump aimed at revising birthright citizenship, a change critics argue would undermine decades of established legal precedent. The court’s oral arguments are set for the spring of 2026, with a ruling expected by summer.
