
-- U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 1
In 2010, there were 4.5 million U.S.-born children whose parents were illegal. http://www.pewhispanic.org/2013/01/29/a-nation-of-immigrants/
• Nearly 200,000 children are born annually "to foreign women admitted as visitors, that is, tourists, students, guest workers, and other non-immigrant categories." http://cis.org/birthright-citizenship-for-visitors
• 8% of all U.S. births (approximately 350,000 a year) come from at least one illegal-alien parent. http://www.pewhispanic.org/2011/02/01/unauthorized-immigrant-population-brnational-and-state-trends-2010/
• As of March 2010, 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the United States. http://www.pewhispanic.org/2011/02/01/unauthorized-immigrant-population-brnational-and-state-trends-2010/
• The population of U.S.-born children with illegal alien parents has expanded rapidly in recent years from 2.7 million in 2003 to 4.5 million by 2010. http://www.pewhispanic.org/files/reports/107.pdf
• The population of U.S.-born children with illegal alien parents has expanded rapidly in recent years from 2.7 million in 2003 to 4.5 million by 2010. http://www.pewhispanic.org/files/reports/107.pdf
• As of 2010, four out of five children of illegal aliens residing in the U.S. were born here — some 4 million kids. http://www.pewhispanic.org/2010/08/11/unauthorized-immigrants-and-their-us-born-children/
• While illegal immigrants make up about 4%t of the adult population, “because they have high birthrates, their children make up a much larger share of both the newborn population (8%) and the child population (7%) in this country.” http://www.pewhispanic.org/2010/08/11/unauthorized-immigrants-and-their-us-born-children/
• At 18, an “anchor baby” can sponsor an overseas spouse and unmarried children of his own; at 21, he can sponsor parents and siblings.
Costs
• Illegal aliens can obtain welfare benefits such as Medicaid and food stamps on behalf of their U.S.-born children. Many of the welfare costs associated with illegal immigration, therefore, are due to the Executive Branch’s current interpretation of the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause. http://cis.org/immigrant-welfare-use-2011
• Currently, 71% of illegal-alien headed households with children make use of at least one major welfare program. http://cis.org/immigrant-welfare-use-2011
• 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. http://cis.org/immigrant-welfare-use-2011
• In 1994, 74,987 anchor babies in California hospital maternity units cost $215 million and constituted 36 percent of all Medi-Cal [California’s Medicaid program] births. Now [2005] they account for substantially more than half. http://www.jpands.org/vol10no1/cosman.pdf
Birth Tourism
• The number of birth tourists coming to the United States each year is very roughly around 35,000 to 36,000 people based on the limited governmental data available. http://www.cis.org/camarota/there-are-possibly-36000-birth-tourists-annually
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 896,363 women who gave birth in 2012 indicated that they were born outside of the United States. If only 2 or 3 percent of these births were to women who are engaging in birth tourism, it would mean the United States sees 18,000 to 27,000 births annually. http://www.cis.org/camarota/there-are-possibly-36000-birth-tourists-annually
• Birth tourists have defrauded hospitals and taxpayers by taking advantage of healthcare meant for the indigent. In one case, a birth tourist paid just $4,080 of a $28,845 hospital bill. Investigations revealed that their bank account had charges at Louis Vuitton, Rolex, and the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/03/california-chinese-birth-tourism-raids/24338087/
U.S. Compared to the World
• Of advanced economies, as rated by the International Monetary Fund, Canada and the United States are the only countries that grant automatic citizenship to children born to illegal aliens. http://cis.org/birthright-citizenship