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Dwight Chang of Arcadia is owner of a house on the 1300 block of South Palm Avenue in San Gabriel. The building has been operating as a makeshift maternity ward with 10 newborns and about 12 Chinese nationals, crammed into an illegally converted townhouse. Chang has been warned twice before for operating a business that primarily caters to Asian "maternity tourists." Chang denied any wrongdoing and was fined $800 for building code violations. Children born on American soil automatically become United States citizens, under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Maternity tourism caters to wealthy Taiwanese, Chinese and Koreans. Throughout the past decade, similar set-ups have been uncovered in Rowland Heights, Hacienda Heights, New York, and Quebec.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32355
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Asians
Chang, Dwight
Maternity tourists
Item ID
32553AN
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Birth-tourism sites not easily detected.Terry Moore-Corse, a code enforcement officer in Arcadia has encountered three maternity homes in the past six years, most recently in 2009, when a resident reported "a lot of pregnant women" coming out of a house. Beyond building code and business license violations, there is nothing illegal about coming into this country to give birth, according to the U.S. State Department, which issues visas. Maternity tourism is a money-making cottage industry in which wealthy women from Asia pay anywhere from $25,000-35,000 to have American-born infants.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32364
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Asians
Building codes--violations
Maternity tourists
Moore-Corse, Terry
Mothers
Item ID
32562AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Steve and Yan-Fen Lin, a couple possibly of Arcadia, have been running the illegally modified townhome in San Gabriel, owned by Dwight Chang of Arcadia, as a maternity home for Asian tourists. They violated building codes for setting up a makeshift maternity ward.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32357
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 25, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Asians
Chang, Dwight
Lin, Steve
Lin, Yan-Fen
Item ID
32555AN
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Newspaper Index
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American Association of University Women (AAUW) - Arcadia Branch Collection

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Start Date
1950
End Date
2016
Contents
American Association of University Women (AAUW)-Arcadia Branch Collection, 1950-2000s The Arcadia branch of AAUW was founded in 1950 and disbanded in 2016. First of three boxes. Chronological Folders 1950-2000s AAUW Bulletin (newsletter), Arcadia Branch 1950-1971 (various months and missing years)…
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Start Date
1950
End Date
2016
Contents
American Association of University Women (AAUW)-Arcadia Branch Collection, 1950-2000s
The Arcadia branch of AAUW was founded in 1950 and disbanded in 2016. First of three boxes. Chronological Folders 1950-2000s
AAUW Bulletin (newsletter), Arcadia Branch 1950-1971 (various months and missing years) The folder for each fiscal year (July through June) 1972-2000, may contain the following items (some items and months may be missing): Bulletin (newsletter) Membership directory Annual report Installation program pamphlet Newsletters AAUW Arcadia Jan 2009-May/June 2015 AAUW Arcadia Branch membership directories 2001-2004
Misc. booklets-AAUW and other women’s organizations
Misc. news clippings
Subjects
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Location
Basement
Box Number
Box 110A
Shelf Number
Shelf H25
Item ID
420AF
Collection
Subject Files
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Martial arts champion, Hollywood actress, and stunt woman, Jing Li, is a martial arts instructor at Washu Action Star Academy in Temple City. She will be a guest at the Arcadia Branch of the American Association of University Women on Monday, November 12. She will present a program about Washu, an exhibition, and full contact sport, and view the documentary film "Autumn Gem," in which Jing Li has a starring role. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 12, November 1, 2012.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 27, 2012
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 27, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Actors and actresses
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Li, Jing
Martial arts
Item ID
33382AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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