Also call your Congressman about the anchor baby bill. The following is from Numbers USA:
On April 19, Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) introduced H.R. 1940, the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2007, which would end the process of granting automatic birthright citizenship to the babies born in the United States to illegal aliens. Referred to as “anchor babies,” these children born in the United States are one of the most prominent causes of illegal immigration and, subsequently, excessive population expansion.
| The 14th Amendment This website serves to explain the original intent of the Fourteenth (14th) Amendment to the US Constitution, and how it is currently misinterpreted to give citizenship to children born in the United States of illegal alien parents. |
In its spring 2005 edition, the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons cited that “[b]etween 300,000 and 350,000 anchor babies annually become citizens… In 2003 in Stockton, California, 70 percent of the 2,300 babies born in San Joaquin General Hospital’s maternity ward were anchor babies.”
These staggering figures only tell part of the story. Birthright citizenship incentivizes illegal immigration by making anchor babies eligible to sponsor their illegal alien mothers and other relatives once they turn 21. In addition, at present there is no formal policy that forbids DHS from deporting the illegal alien parents of a child born in the U.S. Yet in most cases, immigration officials habitually choose not to initiate removal proceedings, allowing the parents to remain in the U.S. illegally.
Perhaps more starkly, anchor babies draw benefits and services from taxpayer dollars. As the Journal article notes, “Anchor babies are citizens, and instantly qualify for public welfare aid…In 1994, 74,987 anchor babies in California hospital maternity units cost $215 million and constituted 36 percent of all Medi-Cal births. Now they account for substantially more than half.” This is just one more incentive for illegal immigration. Not only can the baby serve as an “anchor” to pull a large number of extended family members into the country, but he/she also can rely on the public services and benefits of the United States. Fourteen Members of Congress are co-sponsors of H.R. 1940 and more are signing up every day.
Click here to send a fax to your U.S. Representative asking him/her to cosponsor H.R. 1940.
