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The number of United States-born children of illegal aliens in the sanctuary state of California is about twice the entire population of Wyoming, data reveals.
The U.S.-born children of illegal aliens are commonly known as "anchor babies," as they anchor their illegal alien and noncitizen parents in the U.S. when they are granted immediate birthright citizenship.
There are at least 4.5 million anchor babies in the country, a population that exceeds the total number of annual American births, as about
300,000 anchor babies are born every year, exceeding the total number of American births in 48 states.
Currently, the U.S. and Canada are the only developed nations in the world that offer unrestricted birthright citizenship.Data compiled by the Migration Policy Institute finds there are
at least 1.2 million anchor babies under the age of 18 residing in the state of California with their illegal alien parents. This is about twice the entire population of Wyoming, where about 570,000 residents live.
About 400,000 of those 1.2 million anchor babies in California are born to two parents who are both residing in the U.S. illegally.
Texas has an anchor baby population of nearly 700,000, also exceeding the population of Wyoming by about 130,000 people. Meanwhile, New York has an anchor baby population of about 240,000, close to four times the population of Portland, Maine.
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Wide-ranging analysis by Center for Immigration Studies researcher Steven Camarotta reveals there are
an estimated 28,000 births to illegal aliens every year in the Los Angeles metro area, exceeding the total number of U.S. births in 14 states and the District of Columbia,
Breitbart News reported.
About one-in-five U.S. births - or 791,000 - are to legal and illegal immigrant mothers, with legal immigrant mothers accounting for about 12.4 percent of those births and illegal alien mothers accounting for 7.5 percent.
The Supreme Court, however, has never explicitly
ruled that the children of illegal aliens must be granted automatic citizenship and many legal scholars
dispute the idea.
Trump promised last year to end birthright citizenship through executive action, but the order has yet to be revealed or signed.
At the same time, newly
released data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) found in 2017 all but two states in the U.S. had birth rates below replacement level. The total U.S. birth rate was about 1.765 children per woman. At least 2.1 children per woman are needed to replace the current population of the country without experiencing population decreases.
In all 50 states and the District of Colombia, white women had birth rates below replacement level. The highest birth rate among women was in Utah. The white birth rate in Utah was about 2.0 children per woman.
The U.S. birth rate is now less than half of what it was in the 1950s.
Reader Comments
Actually, that's highly unlikely to be the case.
What is more likely is that they (along with their parents/siblings) will just be more public charges sucking up taxpayer monies. Just as a start, they will consume well in excess of 10K per year in the costs of public schooling (much more if they participate (and most do) in the "free" school lunch programs, the bilingual programs, etc.) for which their parents pay in nothing (or pretty close to it).
When one adds in things like food stamps, "free" health care, subsidized housing, and many other forms of public assistance until they actually start working, most will never pay in enough taxes to cover what they consume in taxpayer funds.
The issue revolves around the Fourteenth Amendment, a post Civil War enactment to deal with all the new black citizens, a/k/a, freed* slaves. [Link] [Link]
See also article at Brietbart entitled ' Media Ignores (all Legal) Experts (who) Debunk Myth of Anchor Babies. " [Link] and simply follow the links therein.
R.C.
*I realize that effective freedom for them took** a long time, but anyone who would try here to argue that non issue, would attempting to erect a flaming strawman, as it has allready been burnt to a crisp pile of ashes...
** Even if one claims the verb(s) tense should be "is taking", well, WHAT-ever, it's just as irrelevant.
RC