Rete

Which is high cost and supplemental private healthcare is needed as well.

Folinskyinla

Hi:

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt in not realizing that "anchor baby" is an extremely pejorative term. And in this case, Google is not your friend in getting good valid information.

Answering your question straight up -- your child would be a US citizen at birth. YOU would get no advantage whatsoever until the child turns 21.

Rather than reading those misleading articles that Google brings up, I suggest you have your wife read the 1897 case of Wong Kim Ark from the US Supreme Court. http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/sea...9_0649_ZO.html

By the way, the 1897 is not a typo. It pays to remember that those Justices had living memory of the US Civil War where the issues of "Citizenship" in general were a large part contributing to the death 675,000 americans.

Also note that those articles tend to misquote Senator Howard.

Folinskyinla

Hi:

They do deport mother's of US citizens. All the time.

scrubbedexpat099

I have certainly see one case where they did not.

And off topic, but Anchor Baby is undoubtedly inaccurate, but pejorative?

May be a Californian thing.

Gingerert

HOLY SH*T!! My OH and I are trying for a baby right now and that list of numbers has just scared the b*jesus out of me.

Thank goodness for his health insurance... hopefully we'll end up paying less than that, but still.... cripes.

Duncan Roberts

The hospital is a non profit so I don't know if that lowers the price comparatively or not. My wife will be utilizing there delivery services in a few months so we'll see what the final cost is. So far it's been minimal but the insurance claims have not been! Luckily the insurance is provided courtesy of said hospital so it is very much in network and covers everything we need. Well, so far and as far as I can see.

meauxna

Would you like to be called that? Or have your child called that?
I think it's a pejorative as well, but I did grow up in California so maybe that IS it. (I doubt it)

It *was* an accurate term, at one time btw.

Ray

We had this discussion before
West coast don't like it
East coast don't care ...

Octang Frye

I wouldn't have thought Anchor Babies would work that well, being as they are kind of pudgy, ie. fat, and therefore buoyant.

Ray

Your thinking Anchor Butter ..... you know ..proper butter

Gingerert

Good luck! You'll have to keep a running tally when the bills come through the door (or mailbox... or whatever system they have out here) and see what the final figure turns out to be. If you feel like being frightened out of having another child, that is.

Duncan Roberts

Every statement and EOB is filed away. Maybe I'll tally everything up and post it here when people ask how much pregnancy costs in the US.

Gingerert

Good thinkin'. I know I'll be interested when the time comes.

Thanks for link, btw. V. useful!

carlt

The advantage I see is that an illegal immigrant who is willing to live on welfare for 20 years will experience an improved standard of living and is highly unlikely to ever be deported, especially the mother of a USC child.

Bluegrass Lass

See the post above by MrF. The US gov't can and does deport parents of USC's. It is by no means unusual. USCIS has no compassion an illegal immigrants' predicament. The parent will not be able to remain here, so he/she would be given 2 options: give the baby up and leave it here in the US, or get deported and take the baby with you.

How does an illegal immigrant obtain welfare from the government? Is it your government policy to extend welfare to illegals? I know in my city, it is not extended in any way (at least not that I am aware of) to an illegal immigrant. I'm also about 100% certain that any type of federal welfare (is there even such a thing?) help is also not extended to an illegal immigrant. So what welfare is that illegal going to get, that will help them live here for 20 years?