‘Anchor babies’ reach nearly 10% of all US births: new data:
Nearly 10% of US births in 2023 came from illegal immigrant mothers, according to newly published research.
Pew Research Center revealed that 320,000 of the 3.6 million babies born in the US that year were anchor babies who would not qualify for birthright citizenship if President Trump’s executive order is upheld by the Supreme Court.
“Under the current erroneous birthright citizenship interpretation, these children automatically become citizens and unlock food stamps, welfare, specialized schooling for English education, and eventually college aid,” Brandy Perez Carbaugh of the Heritage Foundation told The Post.
Of those 320,000, the center said 245,000 were born to parents who were illegal immigrants.
Another 15,000 babies were born to mothers who had temporary legal status, while the fathers were not citizens or lawful permanent residents.
The remaining 60,000 were born to illegal alien mothers while the child’s father was a citizen or lawful permanent resident.
The massive number of US anchor baby births in 2023 is the highest total since 2010, when 325,000 babies were born to illegal immigrant parents, according to Pew data.
The number of anchor baby births in the US has increased for three consecutive years.
Immigration hawks warn illegal aliens will continue to abuse the generous laws in the Land of the Free while legal US citizens foot the bill. --->READ MORE HERE
Congress must stop immigrant welfare madness since Supreme Court won’t:
More than half of immigrant households in the United States use welfare, costing taxpayers billions and making the programs less sustainable for Americans in need of help.
Blame birthright citizenship for a big part of the cost.
But don’t count on the Supreme Court to fix it.
Republicans in Congress need to act, and they should do it quickly while they’re still in the majority.
Federal law bars legal immigrants from taking welfare benefits until they’ve been in the country five years, and bars illegal immigrants from benefits completely.
But both groups manage to circumvent that law and qualify for a wide range of costly handouts, including subsidized housing, Medicaid and food assistance.
The biggest loophole is that they can take benefits on behalf of their American-born children, who are citizens because of birthright citizenship.
Last week, when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara — the birthright citizenship case — they were emphatic that their ruling would rest on history and legal precedent, not modern-day problems.
When President Donald Trump’s solicitor general D. John Sauer argued that we are living in a “new world” with immigration laws and problems such as birth tourism and illegal border crossings, Chief Justice John Roberts snapped back that the world may be new but it’s “the same Constitution.”
That indicates birthright citizenship is likely here to stay.
The president is taking major steps to reduce the burden on Americans by closing the border and attempting to enforce existing laws that already bar immigrants who may become “public charges” from getting green cards to stay permanently.
But Congress must act. It’s long past time to change US immigration law to favor admitting legal immigrants who are educated and have earning potential.
The US could boost its economy, drastically reduce its spending on welfare and ease cultural stress by admitting immigrants based on their likely economic value.
Think of a points system that rewards English proficiency, formal education and work history.
A typical 30-year-old immigrant with a bachelor’s degree will reduce the national debt by $1.6 million over the next 30 years, estimates Manhattan Institute’s Daniel Di Martino.
But an immigrant without even a high-school diploma costs the Treasury an estimated $130,000 over that same time.
Right now, US policy favors family attachments and sheer chance — a lottery — instead of a sane policy of prioritizing self-sufficient immigrants. --->READ MORE HERE
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