Anchor baby

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'''Anchor baby''' is a [[pejorative]]{{cite book|last=Chavez|first=Leo|title=The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation, Second Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CTlKu6In3cC&pg=PA203|access-date=21 August 2015|date=2013-04-17|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=9780804786188|pages=203–}}{{cite book|last1=Gallagher|first1=Charles A.|last2=Lippard|first2=Cameron D.|title=Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQlvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA50|access-date=21 August 2015|date=2014-06-24|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781440803468|pages=50–}} term referring to a child born to non-citizen parents in a country that has [[Jus soli|birthright citizenship]], which will therefore help the parents and other family members gain citizenship or legal residency{{cite encyclopedia |title=Anchor Baby |encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary |url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/anchor-baby |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705063955/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/anchor-baby |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 5, 2013 |date=1 November 2009}} and/or avoid deportation in said country. In the U.S., the term is generally used as a derogatory reference to the supposed role of the child, who automatically qualifies as an [[Citizenship of the United States|American citizen]] under ''jus soli'' and the rights guaranteed in the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]].{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/weekinreview/24barrett.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |title=Buzzwords: Glossary|date= December 24, 2006 |first=Grant|last=Barrett|author-link=Grant Barrett|work= [[The New York Times]] |quote='''anchor baby:''' a derogatory term for a child born in the United States to an immigrant. Since these children automatically qualify as American citizens, they can later act as a sponsor for other family members.}}{{cite news|url=http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2006/08/sinking_anchor_.html |title=Sinking 'Anchor Babies|date= August 18, 2006|first=Eric|last=Zorn|author-link= Eric Zorn|work= [[Chicago Tribune]] |quote='They use it to spark resentment against immigrants,' Rivlin said of his ideological foes. 'They use it to make these children sound non-human.' To me, that's good enough reason to regret having used it and to decide not to use it in the future.}}{{cite web|url=https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/family/family-preference.html|title=Family-based Immigrant Visas|publisher=U.S. Department of State|quote=U.S. citizens must be age 21 or older to file petitions for siblings or parents.|access-date=August 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907235704/http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/family/family-preference.html|archive-date=2015-09-07|url-status=dead}} The term is also often used in the context of the debate over [[illegal immigration to the United States]].{{cite web|url=http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/anchor_baby/ |title=anchor baby|work=Double Tongued Dictionary |date=27 November 2006|quote= '''Anchor baby:''' ''n.'' a child born of an immigrant in the United States, said to be a device by which a family can find legal foothold in the US, since those children are automatically allowed to choose American citizenship. Also '''anchor child''', a very young immigrant who will later sponsor citizenship for family members who are still abroad.}} A similar term, "passport baby", has been used in Canada for children born through so-called "maternity" or "[[birth tourism]]".{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/passport-babies-canada |title=Tory crackdown on 'birth tourists' will eliminate Canadian passport babies |publisher=National Post |access-date=2013-11-20}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/birth-tourism-may-change-citizenship-rules-1.1164914 |title='Birth tourism' may change citizenship rules |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC News]] |date=2012-03-05 |access-date=2013-11-20 |first=Prithi |last=Yelaja}}

'''Anchor baby''' is a [[pejorative term]]{{cite book|last=Chavez|first=Leo|title=The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation, Second Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CTlKu6In3cC&pg=PA203|access-date=21 August 2015|date=2013-04-17|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=9780804786188|pages=203–}}{{cite book|last1=Gallagher|first1=Charles A.|last2=Lippard|first2=Cameron D.|title=Race and Racism in the United States: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQlvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA50|access-date=21 August 2015|date=2014-06-24|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781440803468|pages=50–}} referring to a child born to non-citizen parents in a country that has [[Jus soli|birthright citizenship]], which will therefore help the parents and other family members gain citizenship or legal residency{{cite encyclopedia |title=Anchor Baby |encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary |url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/anchor-baby |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705063955/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/anchor-baby |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 5, 2013 |date=1 November 2009}} and/or avoid deportation in said country. In the U.S., the term is generally used as a derogatory reference to the supposed role of the child, who automatically qualifies as an [[Citizenship of the United States|American citizen]] under ''jus soli'' and the rights guaranteed in the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]].{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/weekinreview/24barrett.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |title=Buzzwords: Glossary|date= December 24, 2006 |first=Grant|last=Barrett|author-link=Grant Barrett|work= [[The New York Times]] |quote='''anchor baby:''' a derogatory term for a child born in the United States to an immigrant. Since these children automatically qualify as American citizens, they can later act as a sponsor for other family members.}}{{cite news|url=http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2006/08/sinking_anchor_.html |title=Sinking 'Anchor Babies|date= August 18, 2006|first=Eric|last=Zorn|author-link= Eric Zorn|work= [[Chicago Tribune]] |quote='They use it to spark resentment against immigrants,' Rivlin said of his ideological foes. 'They use it to make these children sound non-human.' To me, that's good enough reason to regret having used it and to decide not to use it in the future.}}{{cite web|url=https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/family/family-preference.html|title=Family-based Immigrant Visas|publisher=U.S. Department of State|quote=U.S. citizens must be age 21 or older to file petitions for siblings or parents.|access-date=August 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907235704/http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/family/family-preference.html|archive-date=2015-09-07|url-status=dead}} The term is also often used in the context of the debate over [[illegal immigration to the United States]].{{cite web|url=http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/anchor_baby/ |title=anchor baby|work=Double Tongued Dictionary |date=27 November 2006|quote= '''Anchor baby:''' ''n.'' a child born of an immigrant in the United States, said to be a device by which a family can find legal foothold in the US, since those children are automatically allowed to choose American citizenship. Also '''anchor child''', a very young immigrant who will later sponsor citizenship for family members who are still abroad.}} A similar term, "passport baby", has been used in Canada for children born through so-called "maternity" or "[[birth tourism]]".{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/passport-babies-canada |title=Tory crackdown on 'birth tourists' will eliminate Canadian passport babies |publisher=National Post |access-date=2013-11-20}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/birth-tourism-may-change-citizenship-rules-1.1164914 |title='Birth tourism' may change citizenship rules |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC News]] |date=2012-03-05 |access-date=2013-11-20 |first=Prithi |last=Yelaja}}

==History and usage==

==History and usage==