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Anchor baby or jackpot baby are terms used to refer to a child born in the United States to illegal immigrants or other non-citizens. The terms refer to the role of an illegal alien's child, as a US citizen, in facilitating chain migration under the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. These terms have been characterized in various sources as "pejorative"[1][2] or "derogatory".[3] Illegal immigration to the United States refers to the act of foreign nationals voluntarily resettling in the United States in violation of U.S. immigration and nationality law. ...
Chain migration refers to the mechanism by which foreign nationals are allowed to immigrate by virtue of the ability of previous immigrants to send for their adult relatives. ...
The Immigration and Nationality Act amendments of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act, INS Act of 1965, Pub. ...
Use of the term
The term is used by those advocating immigration reduction to describe the process by which the child would become the "anchor" of a chain by which its family would receive benefits from social programs, and by which the parents themselves eventually would become lawful permanent residents or citizens of the United States. ...
Permanent residency refers to a persons visa status: the person is allowed to reside indefinitely within a country despite not having citizenship. ...
The term "anchor babies" is also used to refer to children born to women who are legally in the U.S. on temporary visas (for example a visitor’s visa) when the child's birth is specifically intended[citation needed] to obtain citizenship for the child under US law; however, this is more precisely described as birth tourism. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...
U.S.-born children cannot, however, sponsor their parents for immigration to the United States until reaching adulthood, and illegal immigrant parents do not gain any additional legal rights based solely on the fact that they have had a child born in the U.S.
Controversies On August 17, 2006, Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn used the term "anchor baby" in reference to Saul Arellano, in a column critical of his mother, who had been given sanctuary at a Chicago church, and advocating her arrest and deportation on immigration related charges.[4] After receiving two complaints, the next day Eric Zorn stated in his defense in his Chicago Tribune blog that the term has appeared in newspaper stories since 1997, "usually softened by quotations as in my column", and stated that he regretted having used the term in his column, and promised not to use it again in the future. [5] // The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by the Tribune Company. ...
Eric Zorn is a columnist and a blogger for the Chicago Tribune. ...
Elvira Arellano (born 1975) is a Mexican citizen from San Miguel Curahuango, Michoacán, notable for living illegally in the United States. ...
On August 23, 2007, the North County Times came under criticism from one of its own former columnists, Raoul Lowery Contreras, in a column titled "'Anchor babies' is hate speech", for allowing the term "anchor baby" to be printed in letters and opinion pieces. [6] The North County Times is a newspaper in north San Diego County, California, which also publishes The Californian in southwest Riverside County. ...
Mexican-American author, radio Talk show host, columnist and politician, known for his centrist politics. ...
Birthright citizenship -
Under current United States federal law [7] and most interpretations of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was ratified in 1868 to assure citizenship to freed slaves and their descendants, anyone born in the United States is a citizen. The majority of American-born tribal Indians continued to live legally within the borders of the nation as non-U.S. citizens until the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 changed their status; but all other individuals born within the United States, except for children of foreign diplomats, have long been considered citizens regardless of the legal status or citizenship of their parents. Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution states that: Under the currently accepted reading of the U.S. Constitutions guarantee of birthright citizenship, any person born within the United States and subject to its jurisdiction is now automatically a U.S. citizen, regardless of the legal status or the citizenship of that individual’s mother or father. ...
Amendment XIV in the National Archives The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (Amendment XIV) is one of the post-Civil War amendments (known as the Reconstruction Amendments), first intended to secure rights for former slaves. ...
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 granted full U.S. citizenship to Americas indigenous peoples. ...
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." This is sometimes referred to as the Citizenship Clause of the U.S. Constitution, though the meaning of the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” has been a debated issue.
See also Chain migration refers to the mechanism by which foreign nationals are allowed to immigrate by virtue of the ability of previous adult immigrants who gain citizenship to send for their adult relatives. ...
Illegal alien and illegal aliens redirect here. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with United States immigration debate. ...
The United States flag The Seal of the United States The Immigration and Naturalization Act sets forth the legal requirements for acquiring and losing citizenship of the United States. ...
Wikisource has original text related to this article: The United States Constitution The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. ...
References - ^ http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20060402-9999-1n2tide.html
- ^ http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20060402-9999-1n2tide.html
- ^ "BUZZWORDS; GLOSSARY" December 24, 2006 - By GRANT BARRETT - Week in Review anchor baby: a derogatory term for a child born in the United States to an immigrant. Since these children qualify as American citizens, they can later act as a sponsor for other family members.
- ^ Deportation Standoff Not helping Cause August 17, 2006, Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune,
- ^ Sinking 'Anchor Babies' August 18, 2006, Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune, "They use it to spark resentment against immigrants," Rivlin said of his ideological foes. "They use it to make these children sound non-human." To me, that's good enough reason to regret having used it and to decide not to use it in the future.
- ^ 'Anchor babies' is hate speech August 23, 2007, Raoul Lowery Contreras, North County Times, Today's North County Times readers can't find an article that uses the infamous N-word, the Q-word (queer) or words like "homo" for homosexual. What they find is the use of the words "anchor babies" in letters or Opinion pieces. "Anchor babies" are words used by extremists to define babies born of illegal alien parents in the United States...The media should voluntarily ban today's hate speech ("anchor babies") against Mexicans, Mexican-Americans and anyone with a Spanish surname, the fastest growing community in North County, just as it bans the N-word.
- ^ http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode08/usc_sec_08_00001401----000-.html (8 USC § 1401)
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