\u201cAnchor babies\u201d is an offensive term that has many people up in arms. It\u2019s new terminology in the comprehensive immigration reform debate.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s amazing how people coin various terms when they\u2019re trying to make a point about something. The new term, \u201canchor babies,\u201d likely would never have surfaced had it not been for the call for a reassessment of the 14th Amendment. Some feel that it wrongly protects the children of undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n
The whole debate started to heat up after U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham described the \u201cdrop and leave\u201d tactics that he said seems to be growing in popularity with pregnant illegal aliens. It involves the mother coming to the U.S. for one reason \u2013 to have a child there. Doing that means the baby is granted American citizenship, which is an \u201canchor\u201d that parents may use later for legal residency.<\/p>\n
The interesting thing about Graham\u2019s remarks is that at one time he (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cAnchor babies\u201d is an offensive term that has many people up in arms. It\u2019s new terminology in the comprehensive immigration reform debate. It\u2019s amazing how people coin various terms when they\u2019re trying to make a point about something. The new…<\/span><\/p>\n