IN CALIFORNIA , ' BIRTH TOURISM ' APPEARS TO GROW - Wire National News - Sacramento

In California, 'birth tourism' appears to grow - Wire National News - The Sacramento Bee:CLICK  FOR  MORE.. "Critics call it "birth tourism" and the practice is solidly entrenched in the Los Angeles area, though so-called maternity homes catering to expectant mothers from East Asia are also advertised in the San Francisco Bay Area.
No one knows how many "birth tourists" visit this country each year.

In 2010, the mothers of 7,719 children born in the United States reported that they lived overseas, according to the National Center for Health Statistics – a figure up nearly 55 percent since 2000.

Critics say the data vastly understate the number, because they use information self-reported by parents during their hospital stays."