Meaning of anchor baby In English

• 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:

  • Anti-immigration groups have accused her of using the child as a so-called "anchor baby" to keep her in the US.