'Anchor babies' aren't the problem with immigration August 22, 2010 Like most Americans, I am a descendant of immigrants and a grateful beneficiary of the opportunities available to our nation's ...

Shutterstock Roughly one out of every 12 newborns in the United States can be classified as a so-called ‘anchor baby.’ Pew research shows that some 295,000 children were born to undocumented ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, second left, applauds play as he walks with a crowd during the final round of play at The Barclays golf tournament Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in Edison ...

Some GOP candidates want to crack down on so-called "anchor babies," or birthright citizenship. ... The problem is that it's not certain exactly what the government could do to stop this from ...

Securing the border, Guerrero said, is “bigger than the anchor babies. The problem is more complex.” Twitter: @mollyhf. ALSO. She did it again: Kentucky clerk refuses marriage license to gay ...

Why Dropping ‘Anchor Baby’ Is a Problem for Politicians. 6 minute read. JGI/Jamie Grill—Getty Images/Blend Images. By Katy Steinmetz. August 26, 2015 2:00 PM EDT.

A new U.S. study finding that 1 child in 15 has an illegal-immigrant parent as of 2008 has helped stoke the heated national controversy around illegal immigration. Meanwhile, about 1 U.S. birth in ...

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It’s a lazy attempt to mock Republicans like Michele Bachmann for speaking out against anchor babies. The only problem: as far as I can tell none of them are anchor babies, because their parents ...

In the end, the term "anchor baby" hinges on the 14th Amendment, which says people born in the U.S. are automatically American citizens, regardless of their parents' immigration status.

“Anchor babies” — infants born on U.S. soil to foreign mothers -- have sparked a debate over revising citizenship laws to prevent such parents from claiming U.S. benefits.

Peter and Ellie Yang paid more than a hospital bill to have their second child, they paid $35,000 to have their baby in the United States. And the Yangs are far from alone. The Chinese government ...