[Electric Graffiti]

The point here is that children born to foreign nationals in the United States, whether here legally or illegally, are not United States citizens.

[entropy12]

That means Zilch. Non-US citizens with a Green Card are perfectly legal US permanent residents. They do everything including paying income taxes, social security taxes and can receive SS benefits and Medicare benefits, just like US citizens. The only thing the Green card holders cannot do is vote!

SO instead of looking like un-informed posters, the focus should be whether the judge’s parents were legal immigrants or illegal immigrants. Children born to green card holders are NOT anchor babies, for the very simple reason parents can legally stay in US PERMANENTLY.

[entropy12]

The point here is that children born to foreign nationals in the United States, whether here legally or illegally, are not United States citizens.

That is NOT correct. I personally know many legal immigrants children born on US soil have received US citizenship automatically.