Legal Opinion
Shi Chen v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 28, 2010No. 08-2836PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Shi Chen is a native of China who as the fifth child in his family was born in severe violation of China’s one-child policy. As a penalty for his unlawful birth, his mother was forcibly sterilized, and his parents were required to pay a large fine that equaled the family’s annual income. Chen’s aunt had earlier been forced to abort an illegal pregnancy and she, too, was thereafter involuntarily sterilized.
Children born illegally in China — known as the hei haizi — may not be listed on their family registry, the hukou, and are therefore denied many of the rights of full…
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