'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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The above definition is what the rulers of the world, a.k.a. Google, have decided on for the controversial term "anchor baby." As you'll likely notice right away: It's a noun. And it's "offensive ...

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.

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The "anchor" in anchor babies refers to the birthright citizenship of the child, ... but he's wrong that this is even a problem. Asian birth tourism is actually a blessing for America. Why? ...

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 ...

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — The mother arrived at the hospital in need of an emergency cesarean section, saying she had crossed the border to run an errand in town, not so her baby would be born… ...