Originally Posted by
Slick
They gambled and lost. Had 4 anchor babies too.
I was reading about the Anchor Babies.
Who a child born on USA soil is granted USA Citizenship*, how it's entrenched in one of your Constitutional Amendments,
how it's been tested in the Law Courts etc.
Fuck that shite.
No idea how it works in the UK though.
In Australia, if you have Illegal Foreign Parents (or ones on the wrong visa e.g. overstaying a Tourist Visa) and born here,
we don't give you automatic Citizenship, just a big Hospital Bill.
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* "
Anchor baby" is a
pejorative[1][2] term for a child born in the U.S. to a foreign national mother who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
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The term is generally used as a derogatory reference to the supposed role of the child, who automatically qualifies as an American citizen under
jus soli and the rights guaranteed in the 14th Amendment and can thus act as a sponsor for other family members upon reaching the
age of majority.
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The term is also often used in the context of the debate over
illegal immigration to the United States to refer to children of illegal immigrants, but may be used for the child of any immigrant.
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A similar term, "passport baby", has been used in Canada for children born through so-called "maternity" or "
birth tourism".
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