birthright citizenship and the anchor babies myth
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Essential Immigration NewsBirthright Citizenship
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The Anchor Babies Myth
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The Anchor Baby argument
rests on one central issue.
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Are the children of immigrants,
born in the United States,
entitled to U.S. citizenship?
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For nearly
150 years,
the matter
was deemed
settled.
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The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, had resolved the debate.
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“All persons born or naturalized in the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are
citizens of the United States and of the state
wherein they reside.”
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This is known as Birthright Citizenship.
If you’re born in the United States,
you are a U.S. citizen.
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Pretty
straight
forward.
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Alas, nothing is
sacred in the
world of politics.
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Anchor Babies is NOT a legal term.
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It’s politically-charged
verbiage to oppose
immigration reform.
The anchor baby
rhetoric is used to
distort public thinking
about immigrant-
friendly legislative
changes.
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Utilizing imagery of immigrants capsizing
the American ship, restrictionists seek to
impose their anti-immigrant agenda on
unsuspecting voters.
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Restrictionists
argue immigrant
females come to
the U.S. soil,
as a means to
manipulate the
immigration
system…
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… and to steal
financial benefits
they are not
entitled to.
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“A parent from a poor country,” opponents assert,
“can hardly do more for a child than make him or
her an American citizen, entitled to all the
advantages of the American welfare state.”
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They claim illegal immigrant parents
have grander plans than just U.S.
citizenship for their unborn children.
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Because the children will be born as U.S.
citizens, the children can turn around and
immigrate their parents – transforming the
immigrant parents into lawful residents.
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This view, however, does not reflect reality.
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Two points show how the Anchor
Babies argument is based on
fantasy.
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First, not every child of an immigrant born
in the U.S. is born to an immigrant who
entered without permission, solely to give
birth to an unborn child.
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Child birth across cultural lines, like
all child birth, is often unplanned.
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Take Mike and Jane.
Mike, a Japanese
citizen, arrived in the
U.S. on a tourist
visa.
One day, while
visiting at a friend’s
house, he met Jane.
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Jane was born in
Guatemala.
She entered the
country as a
young child
without legal
documents.
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Over the next few
months, Mike and
Jane became close
friends and started
dating.
Soon they fell in love.
Just before Mike’s
visa expired, Jane
became pregnant.
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Mike returned to his
country, Jane
remained in the U.S.
Shortly afterwards,
she learned about her
pregnancy.
8 ½ months after
Mike’s departure, she
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Anchor baby critics assert that
children like Jane’s son should not
be granted U.S. citizenship.
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Second, the permanent resident
process for undocumented
immigrant parents is not simple.
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A wait 21+ years is necessary before
an unborn child is old enough to be
eligible to petition his parents for
lawful status.
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That’s only the initial
step.
From the date that a
child’s petition is filed,
until the parent’s
interview, the process
talks several more
years to complete.
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The parent has to
leave the United
States - and return
home - for the
interview at a
consulate office.
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If the parent lived in the Unites States for
more than one year, there is a ban of at
least 10 years before legal re-entry to the
United States is allowed.
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This means the parent of an anchor baby
faces a wait of 33+ years, after the birth of
her child…
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…before she is granted permanent status.
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In other words,
the real world
undermines
Anchor Baby
rhetoric.
Unfortunately, for
many immigrant
opponents, truth is
not a virtue.
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Thus, the battle
over birthright
citizenship
continues 150
years after the
Fourteenth
Amendment
became law.
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