Dictionary now calls 'anchor baby' offensive term (illegals, immigrate, Mexico)
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Application is not a guarantee, only an intent to become a permanent resident and eventually a citizen. An alternate way would be to have an anchor child.
Being a US National does not qualify one for permanent residency, much less citizenship.
I'm being repetitive to counter the same argument you keep regurgitating. An anchor baby is one born to a non-immigrant (who are here temporarily) or illegal immigrants (who are here illegally). The former was the case with Michelle Malkin's parents as well as Bobby Jindal's.
Prove it then rather than it just being your opinion.
Prove it then rather than it just being your opinion.
Prove what? Something I've gone over and over with you? Anyway...
1- Bobby Jindal's parents came to the USA on non-immigrant visa. A non-immigrant visa is issued for temporary visit and on guarantee that there is no intent of immigration (hence, non-immigrant). His parents dropped the anchor, and we have the so-called anchor baby in Bobby Jindal.
2- Michelle Malkin's parents came to the USA on a work permit (a non-immigrant visa). A non-immigrant visa is issued on the promise of returning "home" before the visa (or contract/work) expires. Her parents dropped the anchor, and we have the so-called anchor baby in Michelle Malkin.
You're wrong. The term anchor baby is reserved strictly for those that were born from "illegal" parents. If someone overstays their visa then they are also illegally here but Malkin's parents did no such thing.
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Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost
By who?
By the people that use the term..not because Wikipedia says so...
Wikipedia talks about the term, how it's used and how cultures are offended by it..but it never addresses Where it came from, Where it was first used (except for a sentence on Anchor Children from Vietnam) and, Who first used it.
I therefore submit that Anchor Baby is a descriptive term used by American citizens describing children born of parents that are illegal aliens. That the child was born in the US with the sole purpose of attaining birthright citizenship for the future purpose of conferring citizenship back to the parents. I have been using the term since the 80's .
I will say this again..Test Tube Babies, Bone Marrow Babies, Anchor Babies..it is what is and they are what they are...if the shoe fits wear it.
By the people that use the term..not because Wikipedia says so...
Wikipedia talks about the term, how it's used and how cultures are offended by it..but it never addresses Where it came from, Where it was first used (except for a sentence on Anchor Children from Vietnam) and, Who first used it. I therefore submit that Anchor Baby is a descriptive term used by American citizens describing children born of parents that are illegal aliens. That the child was born in the US with the sole purpose of attaining birthright citizenship for the future purpose of conferring citizenship back to the parents. I have been using the term since the 80's .
That is because you want to ignore the other side of the coin. It doesn't matter how long you've done so. How exactly does the shoe not fit, when parents come to this land on guarantee of non-immigration (work permit/temporary visa) and drop an anchor for the same reasons that an illegal immigrant would? Neither is expected to stay here, but have an "anchor" to use.
It is this pick and choose methodology you all adopt that takes away your credibility to define anything, no matter for how long and how often and how loudly it has been screamed. Facts are here to stay.
BTW, what of tourists (on visitor's visa) who drop an anchor here? May be that is an approach to immigration you all approve of?
Prove what? Something I've gone over and over with you? Anyway...
1- Bobby Jindal's parents came to the USA on non-immigrant visa. A non-immigrant visa is issued for temporary visit and on guarantee that there is no intent of immigration (hence, non-immigrant). His parents dropped the anchor, and we have the so-called anchor baby in Bobby Jindal.
2- Michelle Malkin's parents came to the USA on a work permit (a non-immigrant visa). A non-immigrant visa is issued on the promise of returning "home" before the visa (or contract/work) expires. Her parents dropped the anchor, and we have the so-called anchor baby in Michelle Malkin.
QED.
Prove that when the term "anchor baby" originated it was meant to include babies born from parents here legally. It's pretty simple really.
Prove that when the term "anchor baby" originated it was meant to include babies born from parents here legally. It's pretty simple really.
I can, if you cooperate and answer this question:
A couple applies for, and gets Visitor's Visa to the USA. They arrive here (clearly, legally), and have a baby. Now they're parents of an American citizen.
Would this baby qualify as an anchor baby based on the definitions you use? In mine, I would say yes.
I can almost see the saliva spraying on the screen as you people rant about how non-derogatory the bogus term "anchor baby" is.
Maybe you should invest in a dictionary and look up the word "derogatory".
Maybe you should read the posts. None of have said that it isn't a deragatory term but it is a deragotory act for illegal alien parents to give birth on our soil hoping this will anchor them onto our country, therefore it deserves a deragatory term. What we are asking is why are those who do that offended by it? Should bank robbers be offended if they are called "bank robbers"?
Last edited by chicagonut; 12-12-2011 at 03:30 PM..
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