Could you please elaborate on the differances of birthright citizenship and anchor babies. And could you also explain the two different legal arguments.
I have not heard of this before.
thank you in advance
Anchor Baby and Birthright Citizenship are two seperate legal issues:
Birthright Citizenship is simply citizenship which is obtained simply by being born in the United States or territories. It is a personal legality and has nothing to do with the family.
Anchor Baby is the old concept where “custody followed the citizen”. This was eliminated in 1996 with the immigration reforms eliminated this. Now, under the law, custody follows the parents. Thus the minor citizen goes back with the deported parents.
Bills like the “Dream Act” function as blanket amnesty by having “cutody follow the minor” of any child in the USA and in public school. Citizen or no citizen.
Another thing to remember is that in order to claim birthright citizenship from a US born citizen, the us born citizen has to have lived in the USA for ten years.
all this is outlined in USCIS.gov (formerly INS) The media pushes the meme in order to have the fiction of family separation which is a legal fiction for immigration lawyer and paralegal services.