Primary Sources:

2014. Blalock, Harry. "Birth Tourism Agency on Saipan." Personal interview. 8 Apr.

Mr. Harry Blalock, a tour guide on Saipan, took us to what used to be a birth tourism industry that had closed. Mr. Blalock commented on how lots of birth tourism industries renovate old garment factories to create housing for birth tourists. The birth tourism industry offered cars, apartments, laundry-mats, supermarkets, and much more to their guests.

GMH Celebrates National Hospital Week 2013. PDF. May 2013. Guam, USA.

This PDF presentation featured some statistics and other information directly from Guam Memorial Hospital for National Hospital Week in May of 2013. This source was useful because we found out how many staff and beds were available at Guam Memorial Hospital. We used this source in our research project as evidence and a reference guide to our information.

"L&D Nurse at Guam Memorial Hospital." Personal interview. 2 Mar. 2014. This personal interview was with the Labor and delivery Supervisor 1, Valerie Meno. Ms. Meno gave us statistics on how many babies were born at GMH and of those how many were born to non-American parents. At GMH, L&D delivers about 200-268 babies per month, and about 2,300 to 2,800 babies per year.

Mizusawa, Gordon T. "Interview with Administrator of Guam Memorial Hospital." Personal interview. 2 Mar. 2014. Mr. Gordon Mizusawa is the Associate Administrator of Operations at GMH. Mr. Mizusawa said that the hospital was struggling with financial problems and that birth tourism patients pay the full rate, which is helpful to the hospital. Mr. Mizusawa answered our questions on birth tourism which can be found on the interviews page of our website

Rospel, Wilbert G. "Hospital on Saipan." Personal interview. 10 Apr. 2014. This personal interview was with Wilbert Rospel who is the supervisor for vital statistics at the hospital on Saipan. Mr. Rospel said that there is birth tourism on Saipan and that many non-American women have given birth at the hospital in Saipan. This interview was very valuable to our research because he gave us first hand knowledge on birth tourism in Saipan. Although this interview was brief, it still gave our website information.

2014.

"Tour and Interview at Guam Memorial Hospital." Personal interview. 2 Mar.

Ms. Maria Perez is the Guest Relations Coordinator for Guam Memorial Hospital. Mr. Perez was very kind to give us a tour of the hospital and answer some of our questions. Ms. Perez said that they hospital often gets calls form Japan asking about rates. She also said that they hospital is seeing a new increase in Korean labor and delivery patients.

Yamanaka, Mark D. "Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Birth Tourism." Personal interview. 9 Apr. 2014. ICE, immigration and customs enforcement, is an agency dedicated to immigration into the U.S. We thought getting an interview with an ICE supervisor would be helpful because in the past few years, they have shut several birth tourism agencies down. We wanted to know why they were being shut down and what ICE was doing to control birth tourism.

Mr. Mark Yamanaka, Resident in Charge of ICE in Saipan, informed us that they shut birth tourism agencies down because of the "smuggling and harboring of aliens" and expired visas. It is illegal when an alien stays past their visa date. Apparently, there used to be 20 birth tourism agencies in Saipan but they have recently combined to form larger agencies. This interview was helpful to our research in many ways. After this interview, we had a much better understanding of the laws and regulations of immigration into the United States.

Secondary Sources:
Beech, Hannah. "Birth Tourism: Chinese Women Flock to U.S. to give Birth." Time. 23 Dec. 2013 <http://world.time.com/2013/11/27/chinese-women-areflocking-to-the-u-s-to-have-babies/>. Thousands of Chinese women are flocking to the United States to gain American citizenship. Many Chinese think that their children will have a better life with an American citizenship. They want their child to have a strong future, in a strong country like the United States. This source is from TIME, a large publishing company. This source explains why the birth tourism industry is thriving and has un-biased information that is reliable. This source benefited our research because it had very strong and relevant information. It had lots of evidence and primary sources to back up the information. This source shaped our arguments on both the pros and cons of birth tourism.

"'Birth tourists' believed to be using Canada's citizenship laws as back door into the West." National Post. 04 Apr. 2014 <http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/08/09/birth-tourists-believed-to-be-usingcanadas-citizenship-laws-as-back-door-into-the-west/>. It is becoming more common for Nigerian Women to travel to Canada to give birth. Canadas citizenship laws are creating a doorway for them to birth travel. This source gave us a broader view on how birth tourism is affecting the world. This source describes how this new trend is affecting Canada, and what measures they are taking to regulate birth tourism. Although we did not directly use this information in our website, this source gave us insight and more knowledge on our topic.

"Born in the U.S.A.: Birth Tourists Get Instant U.S. Citizenship for Their Newborns." NBC News. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Mar. 2014. The birth tourism industry assists Chinese women give birth in America. Birth Tourism agencies are emerging across the country that help these women in the process of gaining American citizenship for their baby. These birth tourism consultancies provide lodging, medical care, food, and more passport paperwork for these mothers, but not for a small price. They often charge $15,000-$30,000! This source was very useful in our research. In the video filmed by this source, we got an inside peak at an actual birth tourism hotel in California. This source was unique because it revealed what occurs behind the closed doors of a birth tourism hotel. This source is reliable because it received information from primary sources. This source put our topic in a new light. Because this source had so many primary sources, we got a better understanding of the birth tourism industry from a Chinese mothers perspective. After using this source, we were able to give a better argument and understanding for our research.

Chang, June. "Birth Tourists: Going for the 14th Amendment." Chinadaily. 7 Apr. 2014 <http%3A%2F%2Fusa.chinadaily.com.cn%2Fepaper%2F201305%2F17%2Fcontent_16506471.htm>. This website explains how the Chinese are using birth tourism to secure a passport for their newborn child. This website had a lot of information that we did not already know. We used this information to strengthen our website.

Coleman, Zach. "'Birth tourism' in Saipan causing headaches for USA." USA Today. 09 Sept. 2013. Gannett. 05 Mar. 2014 <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/09/chinesetourist-births-cnmi/2784797/>. This source explains the how birth tourism is causing headaches for the United States, in Saipan. The number of births occurring from non-American mothers has drastically jumped, and many of the mothers are hailing from China. This source was instrumental to our research because it directly researched the topic for our project. Saipan is one of the closest islands to Guam so we could relate to the information in this article.

Dwyer, Devin. "A New Baby Boom? Foreign 'Birth Tourists' Seek U.S. Citizenship for Children." ABC News. 14 Apr. 2010. ABC News Network. 01 Mar. 2014 <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/birth-tourism-industry-markets-uscitizenship-abroad/story?id=10359956>. ABC News article on birth tourism features a video of a birth agency and lots of information on the logistics of birth tourism. We found lots of interesting statistics on birth rates and foreign traveling. With this source, people can put into perspective how large the birth tourism agency has become. ABC News' video showed an inside peak at an actual birth tourism agency. It was very cool to see how the system operates. All the knowledge we gained from this source helps us back up the information on our website.

"More concern about 'birth tourism' in Northern Marianas." Australia Network News. 22 Dec. 2013 <http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-04/anconcern-about-health-and-safety-of-27birth-tourists27-flyi/4936122>. This website directly addressed the issue of birth tourism in the Northern Mariana Islands. This source explains what measures are being taken to control pregnant women from traveling. This source gave diversity to our website because it is our only source from Australia.

North, David. "Two New Takes on "Birth Tourism"" Center for Immigration Studies. 08 Jan. 2014 <http://www.cis.org/north/two-new-takes-birth-tourism>. This article was written by CIS, Center fro Immigration Studies. Canada, as well as the U.S is being affected by birth tourism. This article also suggests that the CNMI, or the Mariana Islands encourages Birth Tourism. This source brought a lot of new ideas to our attention concerning birth tourism and immigration.

Richburg, Keith B. "For many pregnant Chinese, a U.S. passport for baby remains a powerful lure." Washington Post. 18 July 2010. The Washington Post. 08 Jan. 2014 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2010/07/17/AR2010071701402.html>. The Washington Post had the opportunity to interview the owner of a birth tourism consultancy, who revealed why birth tourism is becoming so popular. He indicated that Asians want their children to have a better chance at getting into college and succeeding in life.

Rogers, Kara. "Medical tourism (medicine)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica. 21 Dec. 2013 <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1755406/medical-tourism>. Although this article did not directly tackle birth tourism, it included information on another type of tourism, Medical Tourism, which is similar. Medical Tourism is travel to another country to receive medical care there. People often medical tour for better or cheaper health care.

"WantChinaTimes.com." Ad in Apple Daily calls for end to Hong Kong birth tourismSocietyNews. 07 Mar. 2014 <http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclasscnt.aspx?id=20120202000130&cid=1103>. Since this article was released, China has banned people from main land China from giving birth in Hong Kong explicitly for Hong Kong residence. This article explains an advertisement was released requesting for China to restrict birth tourism to Hong Kong. Why do people from main land China want to give birth in Hong Kong? Hong Kong has more social security benefits and giving birth there will bring entitlement to residence in Hong Kong.

"A Women's Health Clinic & Birthing Center." Sagua Maagu MPG. 2 Apr. 2014 <https://saguamanagu-mpg.com/>. The information we retrieved from Sagua Managu's webpage helped us explain the difference between GMH and Sagau Managu's services. Sagau Managu offers premium care for the mother, family and new born baby. They tend to all your needs from pregnancy to postpartum care. This website helped improve our website. It gave us more knowledge on how a birthing center operates and what services they provide. Also, since Sagua Managu is the only birthing center on Guam, their website was a great source to retrieve information.