John / Billybob
What immigration lawyers do is argue a “special needs” and not mere citizenship since mere citizenship earns a return trip home.
Generally it is, single mother fleeing abusive domestic violence relationship, the child has a catastrophic medical need which only US Medicine can treat, or something like that.
Much of it is also related to the fact that once the child turns 18 they can THEN return to the USA as a citizen and start serial emigrating their parents. However that is adult serial immigration, and not “anchor baby” where a minor essentially is claiming custody of the parents instead of the other way around.
One key indicator is the fact that lawyers can not do anchor baby serial immigration cases any more.
We have to look at the change in the applications that are being filed.
If we really wanted to have fun we should do an in depth examination of the immigration lawyer conduct before the immigration service and courts. Sham corporations, manipulation of medical needs, sham marriages, knowingly filing pointless assylum claims, and even domestic violence claims which only exist in immigration applications.
The wave you cite also exists just to have citizenship status regardless of whether or not the child is mispercieved an anchor.
The MSM, in its usual incompetence in reporting the law, has worked overtime to NOT inform the public as this decades old change in the law.
Respectfully submitted sir.