Investigative journalist Peter Schweizer warns against the "invisible coup" of Chinese birth tourism
By lauraharris // 2026-01-21
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  • Investigative journalist Peter Schweizer claims in his book, "The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon," that over one million U.S.-born children of Chinese parents, born through "birth tourism," could soon be eligible to vote in American elections.
  • Birth tourism involves pregnant Chinese women traveling to the U.S. to give birth so their children automatically gain citizenship, with chain migration allowing these children to sponsor their parents once they turn 21.
  • Schweizer estimates that between 750,000 and 1.5 million Chinese-born U.S. citizens are currently growing up in China, often with no personal ties to the U.S., and could begin reaching voting age around 2030.
  • He claims the practice expanded during the Obama administration, is supported by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and involves elites connected to China's political and economic leadership, exploiting gaps in U.S. immigration law.
  • Schweizer also alleges that CCP officials are using U.S. surrogacy to produce American-born children, highlighting the case of Guojun Xuan in California, who coordinated multiple surrogacy births through a private company, adding to the population of U.S. citizens born to Chinese nationals.
A new book by investigative journalist Peter Schweizer claims that more than one million people born in the United States to Chinese parents as part of "birth tourism" could soon become eligible to vote in American elections. In his book titled "The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon," Schweizer, a senior contributor to Breitbart News and a New York Times bestselling author, argues that Chinese elites have systematically exploited U.S. birthright citizenship laws over the past 15 years. He describes birth tourism as a practice in which pregnant Chinese women travel to the U.S. to give birth so their children automatically obtain U.S. citizenship. Schweizer writes that one of the main incentives is chain migration. Under current law, U.S.-born children can sponsor their parents for permanent residency once they turn 21. As an example of the scale of the practice, he points to the U.S. territory of Saipan, where he claims more than 70% of newborns are born to parents from the People's Republic of China who take advantage of visa-free entry rules. Schweizer writes that because the federal government does not systematically track birth tourism, the true scope is unclear. He cites estimates from Chinese officials of roughly 50,000 such births per year, while other scholars place the figure as high as 100,000 annually. A Chinese data analytics firm has estimated that 150,000 Chinese nationals traveled to the U.S. for birth tourism in 2018 alone. Based on those figures, Schweizer estimates that between 750,000 and 1.5 million Chinese-born U.S. citizens are currently growing up in China and could begin reaching voting age around 2030. He argues that many of these individuals have no personal ties to the U.S. and were raised and educated within China's political system, yet will be legally eligible to vote and sponsor family members for U.S. residency. Schweizer traces the expansion of birth tourism to the Obama administration, arguing that lax enforcement allowed the practice to grow into an industrialized operation. He further claims that some birth tourism networks are supported by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and involve families connected to China's political and economic elite, framing the issue as a vulnerability in U.S. immigration law.

Chinese officials also use U.S. surrogates to secure citizenship for children

Aside from birth tourism, Schweizer also claims that some senior CCP officials are exploiting U.S. surrogacy laws to secure American citizenship for their children. According to BrightU.AI's Enoch engine, the practice of surrogacy by foreign nationals is facilitated by the fact that the U.S. does not have a federal law specifically prohibiting it, and many states have laws that are favorable to surrogacy arrangements. The legal framework for surrogacy in the U.S. varies by state, but generally, the intended parents must establish legal parentage through a court order or a pre-birth order. Schweizer writes that CCP officials are using surrogate mothers in the U.S. to carry their children, who are then taken back to China after birth. One high-profile example cited is Guojun Xuan, who allegedly purchased over $100 million in California real estate and coordinated the births of multiple children via surrogacy across the country. According to Schweizer, in May 2025, authorities discovered fifteen children living in Xuan's $4.1 million Arcadia, California, mansion, ranging in age from two months to thirteen years. In total, investigators found 21 children linked to Xuan. Schweizer describes the Arcadia home as operating more like a "surrogacy command center," with multiple pregnant women in residence and contracts managed through Xuan's Mark Surrogacy Investment LLC, which allegedly functioned as a multi-state embryo pipeline. He argues that Xuan is just "the tip of a very large iceberg," noting that records in California show 107 companies with "surrogacy" in their name are owned by Chinese nationals. Ultimately, the author suggests that these practices are part of a broader strategy to produce U.S. citizens whose loyalties lie with Beijing through surrogacy, adding to the millions already born in the U.S. through birth tourism. Watch this Fox News broadcast detailing how Chinese migrants are flooding through California's stretch of the southern border.
This video is from the NewsClips channel on Brighteon.com. Sources include: YourNews.com Breitbart.com BrightU.ai Brighteon.com
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