A Chinese tourist in the Northern Marianas has been charged with harbouring illegal aliens as part of an unlicensed business.
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Sam Sun is accused of arranging trip packages to the CNMI for pregnant Chinese women seeking to give birth on US soil.
Children born in the CNMI automatically obtain US citizenship.
Sam Sun, who is an overstaying tourist, allegedly charged each client upwards of $US15,000 for services that include providing round-the-clock caregivers who themselves were unauthorised to work.
The indictment filed with the US District Court also includes charges of money laundering.
At any given time, Sam Sun allegedly employed up to 30 caregivers, some of whom were Chinese nationals allowed into the CNMI temporarily without an advance visa.
