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Major Nikon

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11. The issue is far more complicated than one anecdote

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2016, 02:17 PM

Mar 2016

When I lived in El Paso, my taxes got raised because somewhere around 80% of all births in the county hospital were from Mexican women. The biggest reason wasn't because they wanted to "anchor" them in the US, but rather that the Mexican government would be much more likely to pursue them for the medical expenses if they had the babies in a Mexican hospital.

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"Anchor babies� are a myth. Here are the real reasons women like me give birth in the US. [View all] LiberalArkie Mar 2016 OP

Great article. For Republicans the problem isn't the anchor, it's the color. forest444 Mar 2016 #1

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

yea it's an industry in china - this woman thinks she speaks for everyone saturnsring Mar 2016 #4

Hmmm 2naSalit Mar 2016 #7

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

A couple of weeks later, I accidentally got pregnant. Several months after, I went into labor at Mem saturnsring Mar 2016 #5

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

The trailblazers were the South Vietnamese, Taiwanese and South Africans in the 1960's Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2016 #9

Accidentally got pregnant AngryAmish Mar 2016 #10

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