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8. I still think it is ridiculous to make such children citizens

Mon Mar 28, 2016, 12:38 PM

Mar 2016

That kid is less of an American than I am Swiss, and according to my Swiss cousin, I could not emigrate to Switzerland.

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Anchor babies aren't a myth TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2016 #2

Hmmm 2naSalit Mar 2016 #7

accidentally got pregnant and her term was just several months LOL snooper2 Mar 2016 #3

Anchor babies? Oh! You mean American citizens! (n/t) Iggo Mar 2016 #6

I still think it is ridiculous to make such children citizens hfojvt Mar 2016 #8

I agree, but the Constitution is very clear on this point. Mariana Mar 2016 #12

I support a new amendment to cancel that part hfojvt Mar 2016 #13

Whatever the intention may or may not have been Mariana Mar 2016 #14

Accidentally got pregnant AngryAmish Mar 2016 #10

The issue is far more complicated than one anecdote Major Nikon Mar 2016 #11