Californian raids target 'maternity tourist' industry

Investigators from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided about 20 southern California locations on Tuesday to investigate "maternity tourists", mainly from China.

Maternity tourists are women who applied for tourist visas and entered the United States to give birth.

The raided locations are suspected of involvement in "maternity tourism" schemes providing travel, lodging and medical care to to the women, US immigration officials said.