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American Heritage Dictionary Redefines "Anchor Baby" as "Offensive" and "Disparaging"

Mary Giovagnoli | Posted 02.05.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Restrictionists, Undocumented Immigration, Anchor Baby, Rhetoric, Immigration Blog, Birthright Citizenship, Latino Voices News
Mary Giovagnoli

While the origins are not reflected in the definition, characterizing the term as both "offensive" and "disparaging" says volumes about how it is used in real life.

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Weekly Diaspora: Why Arizona's Birthright Bill is Bad for the Economy

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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The Media Consortium

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Arizona lawmakers are expected to introduce an "anchor baby" bill today that would deny birthright ...

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My Grandmother the Family Anchor ... Baby

Lila Nordstrom | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Mexican Immigrants, American Revolution, Anchor Baby, Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Lindsey Graham, American History, Canadians, Family, Politics News
Lila Nordstrom

Every family that has moved to the United States, at some point, gives birth to an anchor baby. It's no use isolating recent immigrants and their children as some vague harmful group.

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Weekly Diaspora: Has Obama Failed the Immigration Reform Movement?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: The American Prospect, Joe Arpaio, Obama, Immigration, Arizona, YES! Magazine, Arpaio, Barack Obama, Ice, Alternet, Anchor Baby, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, Grittv, Mother Jones, Sb 1070, Border, Racewire, Militarized Border, Ms Magazine, sb1070, The Washington Independent, Media News
The Media Consortium

by Catherine Traywick, Media Consortium blogger After signing a controversial $600 million border security bill last week, President Barack Obama is d...

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Toro Toro!

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Drop Baby, Anchor Baby, 14th Amendment, Immigration, Lindsey Graham, Political Cartoons, Politics News
Jeff Danziger

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Arizona's Next Immigration Target: Children Of Illegals

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: 1070, Anchor Babies, Arizona Immigration, Ilegal Immigration, Anchor Baby, Immigration, Arizona, Politics News

"Anchor babies" isn't a very endearing term, but in Arizona those are the words being used to tag children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants. Whi...

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