Of Immigrants and Anchor Babies

Of Immigrants and Anchor Babies

NewsTaco September 17, 2015

*If you do nothing else today, read this and share it with everyone you know. Aaron Sanchez puts and end to the anchor baby rhetoric with historical research and well […]

How many American children are ‘birthright’ citizens born to illegal immigrants?

NewsTaco August 21, 2015

*The entire “anchor baby” issue is based on anecdotal evidence. Those who use the term have yet to back their words with statistics, and that may be because the words […]

How Many Candidates Have ‘Taken Advantage’ Of Birthright Citizenship, But Oppose It?

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*In case you were wondering, the list of “anchor baby” GOP presidential candidates isn’t short. Several were born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents, some were born outside of the […]

Paul Ryan: Illegal Immigration is Easy, Then People Have Anchor Babies

Mary Mata May 3, 2013

By Adrian Carrasquillo, NBCLatino Rep. Paul Ryan, who has emerged as a supporter of immigration reform in the House of Representatives, used the term “anchor babies,” which many find offensive, during a town […]

Exotic Or Toxic? Latinos In America

Mary Mata August 23, 2011

By Justin Garratt Burke Manuel Vasquez, Assoc. Prof. at the University of Florida, recently delivered the keynote address to the “Imagining Latin America in Australia” Workshop at University of Western Sydney. […]

Sinvergüenza Spotlight: Mexicans & McCain

Mary Mata June 21, 2011

It was inevitable.  John McCain and company have figured it all out. And now they have called out Mexicans for their dastardly, mustache-twirling ways.  In a recent press conference, McCain […]

Paul Ryan Compares Latinos To Animals, Decries “Anchor Babies”

Mary Mata April 27, 2011

Yesterday, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan held several town halls, one of which stirred up the topic of immigration and so-called “anchor babies.” What ensued, were  some rather insensitive comments from […]