A Chinese woman in the US, who has four American-born children, may be facing deportation to China – and forced sterilization if she is sent back, reports WorldNetDaily and LifeSiteNews.

Xiu Mei Wei originally arrived in the US for a marriage arranged by her family, but stayed on after being abandoned at the altar because of the humiliation she would have faced on her return to China. She later met and married another man.

Her children now are 11, 9, 7, and 3, and she confirmed to WND during an earlier interview that the Chinese government could give her prison time simply because her children exist.

Her petition campaign to remain in the US started after the birth of her second child, since that birth put her in violation of China’s population controls, the report said. Initially rejected, she refiled, only to be turned down again.

Lawyers with the New York law offices of John Chang confirmed to WND today they have submitted a petition to reopen the case to the federal Board of Immigration Appeals, the highest administrative body for interpreting and applying immigration laws in the nation.

WND reported earlier when Xiu was fighting before the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals for permission to remain. Since then, a spokeswoman in Chang’s office told WND the case has moved on to the federal immigration appeals panel.

At the federal court panel in Denver, officials said they were rejecting her appeal for asylum even though previous court rulings have found sympathy when a “person … has a well founded fear that … she will be forced to undergo an abortion or sterilization.”

Xiu has told WND that her future in China would be impossible, with a forced sterilization, probably jail, and other penalties for having four children, who are American citizens by virtue of their births on US soil.

She also possibly would face repercussions because of her widely known support for the underground Christian church.

LifeSiteNews reports that in 2002, when Wei was pregnant with her third child, her mother received a letter from authorities in Wei’s hometown, Changle City in China’s Fujian Province, with a formal notice that if she did not abort her pregnancy, either she or her husband would face sterilization upon returning to China.

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Woman facing prison, sterilization over 1-child policy (WorldNetDaily)

Mother of four faces deportation to China, forced sterilization (LifeSiteNews)