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In the US, Baby Makes Three

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Oct 13, 2010
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Wang Mei stood in front of an immigration officer at Los Angeles International Airport, trembling inside, as she described it later. She was wearing a long black dress with a coat over it, hoping that this would conceal from the officer the seven-month old baby growing inside her. If he spotted the little one, would he send her back to China?

Madame Wang…

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