Where did the term "anchor babies" come from?
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Anchor baby is a pejorative term[1][2] used to refer to a child born in the United States to illegal aliens or other non-citizens. Such a child is legally a citizen of the United States. The term refers to a resident alien's child's role in facilitating "chain migration" under the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965. Immigration reductionists claim that the baby would become the "anchor" of a chain by which its family may receive benefits from social programs, and by which the parents may themselves eventually become lawful permanent residents or citizens of the United States.
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Basically it allows the child to "anchor" many other family members into this country who otherwise would never be allowed entry, usually due to a lack of education, skills, health or morals.
I believe that someone from numbersusa came up with the apt term "anchor babies" to describe the children of illegal aliens that are born in the USA. They are like an anchor that is dragging the USA into third world country status. Most of the anchor babies receive billions of dollars of US social services every year including welfare, medicaid, schooling, free meals, and more.
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