Can You Guess How Many Children Were Born to Illegals in the United States?

https://pjmedia.com ^ | 1/26/2025 | matt margolis

[bitt]

The topic of birthright citizenship has once again taken center stage in the ongoing immigration debate in the United States since Donald Trump signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants. As the executive order notes, “The Fourteenth Amendment has never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to everyone born within the United States.” However, thanks to a federal judge in Seattele, it has been temporarily blocked, and it is likely the issue will ultimately be decided on by the Supreme Court.

Now, a newly released preliminary report from the Center for Immigration Studies demonstrates just how consequential this issue is.

The report reveals that between 225,000 and 250,000 children born to illegal immigrants were born in the U.S. in 2023, accounting for approximately 7% of all births that year.

To put this figure into context, the report notes that the total number of births to illegal migrants is greater than the number of births in all but two states individually. It also appears that more children were born to illegal immigrant parents than to their legal noncitizen counterparts.

Fox News Digital has more:

Although not yet available, the group says that the 2024 numbers are likely to be even higher given the surge of illegal immigrants into the country under the Biden administration.

The Center for Immigration Studies says it last did a deep dive into the births of legal and illegal immigrants in the U.S. in 2018 based on an analysis of the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS). The group says it was using the same methodology for its preliminary 2023 findings.

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[Red Badger]

All of them.......

[Apparatchik]

This was the plan.

[Jim W N]

They are not constitutionally adjudicated as natural born citizens (NBC) because their parents were not here legally. They must emigrate with their parents.

[Jane Long]

The report reveals that between 225,000 and 250,000 children born to illegal immigrants were born in the U.S. in 2023, accounting for approximately 7% of all births that year.

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Multiply that by ALL of the years this has been happening.

[VastRWCon]

I hate politicians

[null and void]

What comes after bazzilion?

[adorno]

Take away the incentives for why ‘foreigners’ want their kids to be born in America.

Citizenship to those born of illegals should be granted when they become adults, 18 at least. Citizens are able to bring in other family members and can use government benefits to help support them and live like regular citizens. Take away the citizen rights until after 18, and perhaps the ‘born in America’ issue will go away or lessen. Birthright citizenship is being abused.

[HighSierra5]

A crapload.

[9YearLurker]

What’s the last illegal estimate you saw that wasn’t at least a 5x understatement?

[Robert DeLong]

Nothing, because the word is spelled bazillion. Spelled correctly the answer is gazillion. 🙂👍

[BigFreakinToad]

when I see a clutch of Mexican females out and about I figure 4 kids per on average. I’ve seen them bringing kids to school and they are all in stair steps with one in the belly. So don’t yell “racism” at me, I’ve seen it, so it’s a fact. Facts aren’t racist, just an inconvenient truth

[Captainpaintball]

On every comments section, start advocating for RETROACTIVE REVOCATION OF BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP going back to 2001. Those born 2001-2009 can re-apply with limited spots available. Any "dReAmEr" from the obama era...no dice.

This is the best way to reverse the demographic disaster which otherwise awaits the rest of us.

[Hattie]

Does any American citizen have any question why the national debt is destroying our country?

Yet it’s ok for the people to suffer in tents in NC from hurricaine. It’s okay for Medicare to offer no decent dental care to our elderly. It’s ok for the elderly to have next to no help for assisted living, nursing homes etc. It’s ok to continue giving billions of $$ to countries whose populations are illegally coming here for more free stuff?

Washington DC is corrupt. They come here ready to deliver another “citizen.”

[Steve_Seattle]

To me, this is a case in which the letter of the law does not reflect the intent of the law. I believe the founders simply intended the law to mean that children born to American citizens become citizens by virtue of that fact and don't require a formal naturalization process. This is just common sense.

The Founders probably did not anticipate today's situation in which millions cross the border illegally, intending to stay here, and end up having children here. But even apart from that, would the founders agree that children born ro foreign diplomats stationed here - or born to travelers from another country - are American citizens? I strongly doubt it.

[GOPJ]

The report reveals that between 225,000 and 250,000 children born to illegal immigrants were born in the U.S. in 2023, accounting for approximately 7% of all births that year.

Those little anchor babies will be used to bring over Mom and Dad, brothers and sisters, and later Grandparents ... Enough of this crap - Thank YOU President Trump for putting an end to this insanity.

[simpson96]

Anchor babies, to anchor down the free stuff ($$$).

[Jeff Chandler]

All of them?

[Vaduz]

MS 13 members wink