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Lord, as your people we know how much you love all children. Help us to understand where are hearts should be in situations like this one that has become politically charged.
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Analysis conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies revealed in 2018 that about 300,000 U.S.-born children of illegal aliens are born every year. These children, often referred to as “anchor babies,” immediately obtain American citizenship and anchor their illegal or foreign parents in the country.

In addition, about 72,000 anchor babies are born to foreign tourists, foreign visa workers, and foreign students every year — all of whom obtain immediate American citizenship simply for being born within the parameters of the country.

Altogether, about 372,000 anchor babies are estimated to have been born last year despite a commitment by Trump to sign an executive order ending the nation’s “anchor baby policy” that incentivizes pregnant migrant women to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in the hopes of securing American citizenship for their children.

This indicates that there were more anchor babies born in 2019 than births in each of the 50 states except California and Texas. California residents deliver about 455,000 babies a year, while Texans deliver about 379,000 babies a year, just slightly more than the total annual number of anchor babies born.

For example, there were more than 34 times as many anchor babies born nationwide than American children born in the state of Delaware and nearly five times as many anchor babies born nationwide than the American children born in Arizona.

To date, the U.S. Supreme Court has never explicitly ruled that the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens must be granted automatic American citizenship, and a number of legal scholars dispute the idea.

Many leading conservative scholars argue the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment does not provide mandatory birthright citizenship to the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens or noncitizens, as these children are not subject to U.S. jurisdiction as that language was understood when the 14th Amendment was ratified.

For more than a year, Trump has signaled that he has reviewed signing an executive order to end birthright citizenship, otherwise known as the “anchor baby policy.”

Today, there are at least 4.5 million anchor babies in the U.S. under 18-years-old, exceeding the annual roughly four million American babies born every year and costing American taxpayers about $2.4 billion every year to subsidize hospital costs.

(Excerpt from Breitbart. Article by John Binder.)

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Betsy
January 14, 2020

Pam, you said it correctly. And I hope IFA sends this post back out again at a later date. I was at the GYN yesterday and had to wait for 45 minutes to be seen while MANY of these young mothers came in for their OB appointments- FOR FREE. Our tax dollars must have spent at least $10,000 on ultrasounds just during the 45 minutes I was waiting. Yet, I am a tax paying citizen and had to $50 just to talk to the GYN (he did not even do an exam). And, my prescriptions are another fee I have to pay. I do not have the luxury of free medical care just because I decided to come to this country as a pregnant illegal. Where is the logic in this????

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Nancy
January 12, 2020

We pray that the innocent unborn of United States citizens would be protected by the Constitution :”nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” 14 th Amendment.

Debra
January 11, 2020

I will pray that our immigration laws are crafted wisely and with wisdom so that they are merciful, will not affect the sovereignty of our nation nor our religious liberty and rights and cannot be taken advantage of by those that wish harm to our nation. I pray that they will fall into accord with the purposes of our mighty omniscient God. In Jesus Name. Amen

Pam Lambert
January 11, 2020

TYPO: ARE FOR OUR

THE REAL SOLUTION IS TO KEEP ILLEGALS OUT

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    marlene
    January 11, 2020

    Children born of illegal immigrants in the USA are also illegal. They are citizens of the same country their parents are citizens. (to me it’s quite simple).

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      Pam Lambert
      January 11, 2020

      Agreed.

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        Penny
        January 14, 2020

        Agree. I pray that President Trump will receive clarity from an Almighty God on this issue. It is my hope he signs the executive order. This has profoundly affected the needs of legal special education students in our public schools because the funding is not there. Instead it is spent on English as a second language and the special needs of the illegal students. We are constantly dealing with tax increases to make up for this. This is not how it should be. Our middle class families are greatly harmed.

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Karen Lee Contreras
January 11, 2020

I sometimes wonder why theses parents don’t ! fight for freedom in their own Countries they came from! and raise up an Army of warrior to fight against the gangs, poverty, and the bad policy, and greed that is rampant in their Country ! That’s what are president is doing here! Making a better America for Americans.All the nations belong to God and the people in them! So fight the way God would have you fight! for the battle belongs to him!! And pray!!!

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Mona Webster
January 11, 2020

Hummmm.. what an interesting way to possibly raise up a militant anti-American generation?? ( oh- and at the American tax dollars expense?) just food for thought?!

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