[Poundstone]

Five new anchor babies. Regardless of the ostensible reason for the mother's presence in the US as stated in the Washington Post story, does anyone doubt her real reason for coming here: to give birth in the US?

[CindyDawg]

Was she here legally

Was she here legally?

[Dr. Sivana]

Leaving the Sudan was a wise thing for her to do. This is NOT like migrant workers looking for more money or places to deal drugs.

We used to welcome people who managed to escape hell-holes like the Soviet Union, Vietnam and Red China, and their babies, too.

If this woman wants freedom for her and her children, and there is no reasonable possibility of getting it in a place like the Sudan, I am happy to welcome her.

For the record, I sold my last house, a starter home, to Sudanese refugees. They were polite, employed, and in good spirits despite the fact that their husbands in the Sudan are “missing.” They are Christians.

I know the woman in the story’s husband is in the military. The service may be compulsory, others may chime in on that.

I would rather have this woman and her five anchor babies here than one red Chinese spy working in U.S. industry or raiding our Universities.

[gubamyster]

ping

[SmallGovRepub]

How are these anchor babies? These babies cannot keep this lady here. If she’s here on a visitor visa she’s going to have to go home to the Sudan, and she’s going to end up taking her babies with her.

[Riverine]

“Adwai Malual, 28, had come to the United States to obtain the blessing of her mother-in-law, a family figure who traditionally plays an important role in a woman’s pregnancy, family members said.”

Riiight Not that I can blame her.

[ScreamingFist]

Did she pay for the flight from Sudan herself?

[kcvl]

The family does not have health insurance. It typically costs $1,150 a day for a baby in the intensive care unit. Hospital officials, who declined yesterday to put a final price tag on the weeks of treatment and the choreographed births, said they would work with the family on payment and absorb some of the cost if necessary.

As for the quintuplets, after a few more weeks, once they can feed on their own and maintain body temperature, they will be ready to go home, although it remains unclear where that home ultimately will be.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Five friggin’ anchor babies, probably Muslim? Give me a break. I can see why she did it, but not why I have to. Charity on the birth might be one thing, but citizenship is where I draw the line.

[brytlea]

I actually wondered what the odds are of quints without fertility drugs (which I cannot imagine this woman used). It is:
Quintuplets 1 in 65,610,000 live births

Wow.