Rick Scott: “Since 2009, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana…”

“The territory. It's in the small U.S. pacific island territory where foreign nationals can legally enter America without a visa. Since 2009, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or CNMI, has become a hotbed for birth tourism. which is a strategy used by citizens of foreign powers to deliberately undermine our nation's immigration laws. Over 3,300 communist Chinese nationals have been born on these islands.” (01:10–01:20)

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