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07-24-2015, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by IamAman View Post
Don't get me wrong, I'm not taking Abbott's side nor questioning the citizenship of the kids. He's obviously declared war on us (little man syndrome) but I don't think adult undocumented people do us any favor by coming here and having multiple kids on the state's dime. Or the pregnancy tourists. There is some crack down on them as well when they go get a visitor's visa.
Yea but by calling anyone anchor babies, you're using a derogatory term that offends a lot of people. It's like calling you a wetback. You will say, I entered with a VISA, it doesn't apply to me but it's a meaningless argument.

Many members of this site have children. Some adult activists have undocumented parents, some parents of DACA recipients will benefit from DAPA. My sister is not an anchor baby.

Now, with the fraudsters, it takes a lot of guts to jump the fence while pregnant or without a pregnancy. It's hard and dangerous. The wealthy Chinese pregnant women are not undocumented migrant workers falling in love with a dude named Jose. They came with tourists visas and were living in relative luxury while in the USA. Neither, according to one of NPR's segments, they weren't even planning to live in the USA in the near future. Rather, they wanted their kids to have the option to migrate in the distant future. That's one of the perks of money.

The girlfriend of el Chapo Guzman came to the USA also legally, had her baby and left back to Mexico. Both the USA and Mexico knew and took pictures and allowed her to do what she wanted and no one did a thing. That's one of the perks of impunity.

The reality is, rich ppl will do what they please and it will e unfair some times. That is not an excuse to scold people for doing what people do, getting hook and making babies, for the abuses of people with power. It is easy to punish a migrant worker who barely speak English, has low income and little education rather than doing what is right and fair. I guess, I am only asking people to have compassion, not only to themselves but to others.
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