Taiwanese woman who gave birth on flight to U.S. separated from baby

“They might just be keeping the child until her doctor determines that it is okay,” said J Craig Fong, a California-based immigration lawyer. He says that even though the mother was denied entry into the U.S., the baby could still have the right to remain in the country if it was born within a 12-mile radius of the United States.

“If for some reason people at customs and border protection decided she shouldn’t be in the United States, they would then send her back on the next plane and then the child, who is an American, can stay here until the child is able to be repatriated back to Taiwan,” said Fong.

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