{"id":21594,"date":"2019-06-13T07:06:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T11:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=21594"},"modified":"2019-06-13T07:06:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T11:06:40","slug":"anchor-babies-weigh-heavily-on-u-s-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/06\/13\/anchor-babies-weigh-heavily-on-u-s-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Anchor Babies Weigh Heavily On U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some 124,000 \u201canchor babies\u201d<\/a> — children born to illegal aliens in this country \u2013 were delivered in the first five months of this year, according to new data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest numbers continue a longstanding pattern of high birthrates \u2013 and subsidized hospital costs — by illegal aliens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014, birthright babies outnumbered<\/a> the total number of births in 16 states, combined. Taxpayer costs for those births was estimated at $2.4 billion<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though anchor-baby births dipped to 250,000<\/a> in 2016, the latest statistics indicate that the pace is picking back up. As of 2017, an estimated 4.5 million<\/a> anchor children under age 18 were living in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. and Canada are the only developed nations<\/a> that still grant birthright citizenship to illegal aliens. President Donald Trump has repeatedly denounced the policy, and the U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled on the constitutionality of birthright citizenship for the offspring of illegal aliens. Still, the policy persists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to providing yet another\nincentive for illegal immigration, America\u2019s birthright citizenship policy has\ngiven rise to multimillion-dollar \u201cbirth tourism\u201d schemes that entice pregnant\nwomen from overseas to have their babies in the States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe businesses coach their clients to deceive immigration officials and pay indigent rates at hospitals to deliver their babies, even though many of the clients were wealthy,\u201d The New York Times<\/a> reported earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ken Cuccinelli<\/a>, the former Virginia attorney general who took over this week as acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), has advocated setting restrictions on birthright citizenship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some 124,000 \u201canchor babies\u201d — children born to illegal aliens in this country \u2013 were delivered in the first five months of this year, according to new data. The latest numbers continue a longstanding pattern of high birthrates \u2013 and subsidized hospital costs — by illegal aliens. In 2014, birthright babies outnumbered the total number<\/p>\n

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