0 an offensive term for a baby who is born in a country that gives all babies born there the right of citizenship, but whose parents are not citizens and do not have the right to live there. This term is used to accuse parents of using a baby as a way to get citizenship for themselves:
Children of illegal immigrants, so-called "anchor babies", can sponsor their parents for legal permanent residency once they reach adulthood.
There is definitely a charge among some who are opposed to immigration, that immigrants are using these children - the ugly term for it is anchor babies.
They exclude the noncitizen parents of anchor babies from receiving benefits, such as medical care or schooling.
