Census: Illegal Immigrant Baby Delivered Every 93 Seconds

Census: Illegal Immigrant Baby Delivered Every 93 Seconds

A debate has broken out in the Republican primary over birthright citizenship and illegal immigration as a whole. Rational people can debateĀ over what the appropriate phrasing is, but this study shows why it’s become such an issue…

Census: Illegal Immigrant Baby Delivered Every 93 Seconds

One out of about every twelve newborns in the United States is an “anchor baby,” or the U.S.-born child of illegal migrants, according to a Pew Research Center study.

This means that one anchor baby is delivered every 93 seconds, based on the 2008 census data analyzed by the Pew.

The cost on taxpayers is also alarming. As per the National Review:

71 percent of illegal-alien headed households with children received some sort of welfare in 2009, compared with 39 percent of native-headed houses with children. Illegal immigrants generally access welfare programs through their U.S.-born children, to whom government assistance is guaranteed. Additionally, U.S.-born children of illegal aliens are entitled to American public schools, health care, and more, even though illegal-alien households rarely pay taxes.

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