IMMIGRATION AND POLICY: ANCHOR BABIES IS NOW AN OFFENSIVE TERM

ANCHOR BABIES IS NOW AN OFFENSIVE TERM: How do you define babies born to illegal aliens mothers within the United States? "Anchor baby." As per the Wikipedia the term anchor ba...

ANCHOR BABIES IS NOW AN OFFENSIVE TERM

How do you define babies born to illegal aliens mothers within the United States? 


"Anchor baby." As per the Wikipedia the term anchor baby means " having a U.S. citizen child confers immigration benefits on the parents and extended family as immigration does allow a U.S. citizen child to sponsor his or her."


The American Heritage dictionary initially defined the term as "a child born to a non citizen mother in a country that grants automatic citizenship to children born on its soil, specially such a child born to parents seeking to secure eventually citizenship for themselves and often other members of their family."


After a long debate on the meaning of the term "anchor baby" the American Heritage Dictionary revised its definition in the lastes edition. Anchor baby now means " Offensive used as a disparaging term for a child born to a noncitizen mother in a country that grants automatic citizenship  to children born on its soil, especially when the child's birthplace is thought to have been chosen in order to improve the mother's or other relatives chances of securing eventually citizenship."