A Anchor Baby

If three baby pictures were spread out in front of you would you be able to pick which one fell under the category of an “anchor baby”? The answer yet unknown, is doubtful. A baby is a baby, born with innocence and purity without choice of where they are born. That choice is the mothers to whom the child belongs to. What is an anchor baby, how did the term come about, how is this allowed, what are the statistics, and how is it relevant to Mexican American studies will all answered in this paper.

“Anchor baby” is the term given to U.S. born children of undocumented parents, the idea behind this term is that it gives the children automatic citizenship while also enhancing their parents own legal status. Many presidential candidates have spoken against birthright citizenship by using the term ‘Anchor baby’, which too many, is offensive. Republican, Donald Trump, defends the term. When confronted about the hurtful usage of the word by ABC reporter, Tom Llamas, Trump responded with, “You mean

is leading the polls, he brought up a very controversial policy called, "Anchor Babies" this policy states all persons who are born in America is a citizen. This system also goes against the 14th Amendment, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the state wherein they reside.” according to the article "Untruths about ‘anchor babies’ and the 14th Amendment ". The Constitution, which gave us, our twenty-seven

The term ‘anchor baby’ has been used throughout political writings and dared republican rantings to be used as a pejorative meaning for a child born in the United States to an immigrant. When I had first heard this term I could not help but blatantly laugh. Although it essentially is used as a derogatory word towards me, as well as the rest of ‘my people’, I found it humorously accurate (and even somewhat affectionate). This expression was brought up during a conversation between my boyfriend and

Anchor Baby Dangers: U.S. Taxpayers Fund Billions to Compensate the Benefits "To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right­ is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last ­but eat you he will.”—Ronald Reagan. Illegal immigration continues to disrespect this nation’s immigration laws completely, illegal aliens are criminals, nonetheless. There must soon be a solution to this problem because the U.S. born babies of these aliens are weighing down taxpayers

the United States today is whether or not babies born on United States soil are to be considered full-fledged citizens or not, regardless of the family’s recent migration into the United States. The children born in the United States to illegal alien mothers are often referred to as "anchor babies”. Under current practice, these children are United States citizens at birth, simply because they were born on United States soil. They are called anchor babies because, as United States citizens, they become

give birth to about 350,000-400,000 babies in the U.S. each year, imposing tremendous unpaid medical costs on hospitals—the costs of which are passed on to taxpayers. Illegal immigrants generally receive government assistance to healthcare for their U.S. born children, even though most of them do not pay taxes. This negatively impacts health insured U.S. taxpayers because it increases their healthcare premium, as they inevitably end up paying for anchor babies medical costs. In addition, hospitals

than 300,000 “anchor babies” are born in the United States every year. In 2003 in 70 percent of the 2,300 babies born in San Joaquin General Hospital were anchor babies. Illegal female immigrants flock to the U.S. to have their babies delivered in our hospitals. They do not pay the medical bills and because their babies are U.S. citizens, the child is immediately eligible for welfare. In 1994, approximately 75,000 anchor babies cost California hospitals $215 million. Anchor babies now account for

illegal immigrants are “having babies as a way to obtain citizenship,” which too many Americans “cheapens the whole idea of being American”. The last group is the “other” the ones whom are completely neutral or believe in the

Americans are not making enough money to feed their family, so they attempt to cross the border into the US for a chance to work. In most cases, pregnant women from Central America or Mexico cross the border in order for their child to become an “anchor baby,” which many believe will increase their chances of becoming a citizen. In the Sonia Nazario’s biography, Enrique’s Journey, The US should not repeal the 14th Amendment, instead, be altered so illegal immigrants caught will be given punishment equivalent