anchor baby: a derogatory term for a child born in the United States to an immigrant. Since these children automatically qualify as American citizens, they can later act as a sponsor for other ...

July 3, 2010— -- It has been dubbed by the news media as the Arizona "anchor baby" bill, referring to U.S-born children of illegal immigrants used to 'anchor' the parents in the country ...

The phrase “anchor babies” is offensive. It is meant to be offensive because it is a slur. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Uttered by Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and other Republican White ...

In this county in the heart of the impoverished Rio Grande Valley, so-called anchor babies have been delivered for decades, some to women who have already settled in Texas, others to those who ...

Better enforcement so that you don't have these, you know, 'anchor babies,' as they're described, coming into the country." When pressed on his use of the phrase "anchor babies," Bush defended it.

The only thing that a so-called anchor baby can do to assist either of their undocumented parents involves such a long game that it's not a practical immigration strategy, said Greg Chen, an ...

Open mouth, insert foot. On Thursday, Jeb Bush stepped into controversy when he used the loaded term “anchor babies” to refer to the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.

Though “anchor baby” doesn't appear in Nexis until decades later, Google’s Ngram viewer shows that the term first appeared in the mid-'70s, when the Vietnam War ended.

Julia is now officially out on maternity leave awaiting the arrival of her son Kevin's new little sister. RELATED: CBS6 baby ...

The whole premise of the term “anchor babies” — that these children are somehow bad for the US — couldn’t be more wrong. We act as if these babies detract from the US to the benefit of ...

The anti-anchor baby push has been active at least 10 years, but this year marks the first time it’s become a rallying cry for presidential candidates, led by billionaire businessman Donald Trump.