The nation’s immigration policy debate has entered into a new stage. What’s being questioned is rather children of legal but visiting “non-immigrant” parents allowed birthright citizenship. Apparently, this happens more than realized. Temporary visitors such as students, workers, and extended stay visitors give birth to 200,000 babies each year in the US. Hence, the term birth tourism. Most notably among these children are Anwar al-Awlaki and Yaser Esam Hamdi. This special category has been rightfully dubbed “Terror Babies.”
Last summer, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) introduced America to the idea of “terror babies,” the chilling process in which pregnant terrorists come to the United States to have children, which then become American citizens, and, presumably, little terrorists themselves. Think of them as the reverse Brangelinas. It’s a really convoluted and time-consuming way to wage jihad, to be sure, but when your goal is to destroy Western Civilization, you’ll stop at nothing. (Mother Jones)
Read the analysis from Center of Immigration Studies.