Every year, the first baby born on American soil, on Guam and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, is celebrated. This year, however, is quite different for the CNMI when a 30-year-old tourist from Shanghai, China gave birth to the first baby of 2025 in the U.S. territory.
It renewed concerns about continued birth tourism, where mothers enter the U.S. or its territories for the primary purpose of giving birth so that their newborn will be a U.S. citizen.
The CNMI’s tourism body unequivocally said it does not support birth tourism, according to Marianas Visitors Authority Executive Director…
