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Michelle Malkin .. An Anchor Baby ?
by jonh on Sun 04 Jun 2006 08:52 AM PDT | Permanent Link | Cosmos
Michelle Malkin is one of the clearest example of hate-mindedness (Yes, I know it's not a word) on the Web today. She regularly rants against brwon and Asian people, against any liberalism in immigration policy, and is vehemently anti-Muslim.
As this wonderful post (thanks, Spittle & Ink) outlines, it is deliciously funny in an ironic way to catch small-minded hateful people in hypocrisy. For me this story about Michelle's origins does the trick ... especially given what she has said about "anchor babies" and immigration.
Put simply, an anchor baby is the offspring of an illegal immigrant who, under current legal interpretation, becomes a U.S. citizen at birth and, in turn, is the means by which parents and relatives can also obtain citizenship for themselves by using the family reunification features of immigration law. (Link)
According to the facts, Doc Apolo arrived in the US under a work visa sometime in 1970, and Malkin was born "months" later, in October. Now it's conceivable that Doc Apolo arrived in the US in January, immediately knocked up the missus, and never intended on using the fetus as a convenience. It's conceivable, but unlikely. The window of opportunity there is just too small, and in all likelihood Doc Apolo arrived here with the full understanding that he was bringing with him a pregnant wife due to give birth sometime inside the term of his visa. But even if he didn't intend on little Michelle being a jackpot baby, the fact that he stayed in the US through October, rather than return to the Philippines like a good immigrant, means Michelle was a jackpot baby --- a fact which immediately granted Doc Apolo's caterwauling spawn legal US citizenship, and tossed a whole bunch of US rights into his family's lap.
What does Ms. Malkin have to say about "anchor babies"? Here's what:
During my book tour across the country for Invasion, this issue came up time and again. In the Southwest, everyone has a story of heavily pregnant women crossing the Mexican border to deliver their "anchor babies." At East Coast hospitals, tales of South Korean "obstetric tourists" abound. (An estimated 5,000 South Korean anchor babies are born in the US every year). And, of course, there's a terrorism angle.
Ouch. Okay, but Malkin's dad came over legally, right? So she's not technically an "anchor baby," is she?
Wrong. According to the Right-wing talking points on immigration, a baby born to immigrants here on work or travel visas is still an anchor baby, because the baby lubricates the "guest" worker's path to premature citizenship, and immediately heaps a load of Federal benefits on the baby-- all of which Michelle herself took advantage of, we can assume.
Hmmm ... self-loathing at its finest, triple-distilled ?
Tags: Michelle Malkin, hypocrisy, anchor babies, hate propaganda
Posted to: Main Page
wow what a hypocrite she is. now that she's had her piece of the american dream, she's complaining about undocumented having babies here. if she and her alipac croonies had their way she wouldnt even had been a citizen.
Next: Terror In Canada ... Just FYI
Michelle Malkin .. An Anchor Baby ?
by jonh on Sun 04 Jun 2006 08:52 AM PDT | Permanent Link | Cosmos
Michelle Malkin is one of the clearest example of hate-mindedness (Yes, I know it's not a word) on the Web today. She regularly rants against brwon and Asian people, against any liberalism in immigration policy, and is vehemently anti-Muslim.
As this wonderful post (thanks, Spittle & Ink) outlines, it is deliciously funny in an ironic way to catch small-minded hateful people in hypocrisy. For me this story about Michelle's origins does the trick ... especially given what she has said about "anchor babies" and immigration.
Put simply, an anchor baby is the offspring of an illegal immigrant who, under current legal interpretation, becomes a U.S. citizen at birth and, in turn, is the means by which parents and relatives can also obtain citizenship for themselves by using the family reunification features of immigration law. (Link)
According to the facts, Doc Apolo arrived in the US under a work visa sometime in 1970, and Malkin was born "months" later, in October. Now it's conceivable that Doc Apolo arrived in the US in January, immediately knocked up the missus, and never intended on using the fetus as a convenience. It's conceivable, but unlikely. The window of opportunity there is just too small, and in all likelihood Doc Apolo arrived here with the full understanding that he was bringing with him a pregnant wife due to give birth sometime inside the term of his visa. But even if he didn't intend on little Michelle being a jackpot baby, the fact that he stayed in the US through October, rather than return to the Philippines like a good immigrant, means Michelle was a jackpot baby --- a fact which immediately granted Doc Apolo's caterwauling spawn legal US citizenship, and tossed a whole bunch of US rights into his family's lap.
What does Ms. Malkin have to say about "anchor babies"? Here's what:
During my book tour across the country for Invasion, this issue came up time and again. In the Southwest, everyone has a story of heavily pregnant women crossing the Mexican border to deliver their "anchor babies." At East Coast hospitals, tales of South Korean "obstetric tourists" abound. (An estimated 5,000 South Korean anchor babies are born in the US every year). And, of course, there's a terrorism angle.
Ouch. Okay, but Malkin's dad came over legally, right? So she's not technically an "anchor baby," is she?
Wrong. According to the Right-wing talking points on immigration, a baby born to immigrants here on work or travel visas is still an anchor baby, because the baby lubricates the "guest" worker's path to premature citizenship, and immediately heaps a load of Federal benefits on the baby-- all of which Michelle herself took advantage of, we can assume.
Hmmm ... self-loathing at its finest, triple-distilled ?
Tags: Michelle Malkin, hypocrisy, anchor babies, hate propaganda
Posted to: Main Page
wow what a hypocrite she is. now that she's had her piece of the american dream, she's complaining about undocumented having babies here. if she and her alipac croonies had their way she wouldnt even had been a citizen.