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| Analysis: Nearly 400K Anchor Babies Born in 2024, Exceeding Population of New Orleans |
| 2025-01-03 |
| [Breitbart] Illegal aliens, tourists, and foreign visa workers delivered nearly 400,000 children across the United States in 2024 — exceeding the population of New Orleans, Louisiana. The Center for Immigration Studies estimates that almost 400,000 “anchor babies,” the term used to describe the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens and other foreign nationals with no ties to the country, are delivered across all 50 states each year. Anchor babies are rewarded with birthright American citizenship despite their parents having no legitimate ties to the U.S., many having only recently arrived. Years later, when the child is considered an adult, they can sponsor their parents and foreign relatives for green cards — anchoring their family in the U.S. for generations. In 2024, close to 300,000 anchor babies are estimated to have been delivered to illegal alien parents. In addition, about 72,000 anchor babies were estimated to have been delivered to foreign tourists, foreign visa workers, and foreign students. President-Elect Donald Trump has promised to end birthright citizenship in his second term. Recent polling finds that a plurality of Americans, including 48 percent of whites and 42 percent of Hispanics, support Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship. “On day one of my new term in office, I will sign an executive order making clear to federal agencies that under the correct interpretation of the law going forward the future children of illegal aliens will not receive automatic U.S. citizenship,” Trump said in 2023. The U.S. Supreme Court has never explicitly ruled that the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens must be granted birthright citizenship, and many legal scholars dispute the idea. Many leading conservative scholars argue the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment does not provide mandatory birthright citizenship to the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens or noncitizens, because these children are not subject to United States jurisdiction as that language was understood when the 14th Amendment was ratified. The United States and Canada are among only a handful of developed nations, mostly in North and South America, that have a birthright citizenship policy for anyone, regardless of immigration status, born within its physical borders. Australia, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, New Zealand, and Spain, among other countries, reserve birthright citizenship for children born to at least one citizen parent. Related: Anchor babies 01/02/2022 Nearly 400K Anchor Babies Born in 2021, Outpacing U.S. Births in 49 States Anchor babies 12/13/2019 Foreign Workers, Illegals, and Tourists Deliver 372,000 Anchor Babies a Year in U.S. Anchor babies 09/19/2019 Michelle Malkin: Anchor Baby Policy the ‘Ultimate Magnet' for Illegal Aliens Related: Birthright citizenship 12/17/2024 California man sentenced for 'birth tourism' scheme for affluent Chinese women Birthright citizenship 12/11/2024 Trump supporters scold NBC's Kristen Welker for ‘blatant deceptions' during ‘Meet the Press' sit-down Birthright citizenship 12/09/2024 Can Trump end birthright citizenship? The 14th amendment upheld in the US constitution since 1868 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 If you believe in strict construction and original intent, then the birth issue was about former Confederate states seeking to classify former slaves as foreigners. That period of time has past and the intent achieved. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-01-03 16:15 |
| #2 Yes, Seeking Cure, but because the assumption has been the other way, it’ll probably need to go up to the Supreme Court to prove it. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-01-03 12:26 |
| #1 If the mothers were in USA illegally, then the anchor babies should and must be denied citizenship. |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2025-01-03 12:05 |