Anchor babies — seems an odd name for what is supposed to be illegal immigrants giving birth to children in the United States.
The right-wing faction's proposed repeal of the 14th Amendment — one that says if you're born in the United States, you're an American citizen — is meant to deal with this situation.
Of course, the implication is centered on Mexico and people of Mexican descent. As The Daily Show notes, this could also apply to Canadians.
Jon Stewart sent Jason Jones down to Chula Vista, CA on the U.S.-Mexico border to report on this story for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In the story, Jones talks about how it's horrible that these people come to the U.S. and have children.
Stewart points out that Jones and his wife, Samantha Bee (also a TDS correspondent) are Canadian, and they are about to have their third child, all born in the United States.
"It's a giant scheme. Me, [expletive] Rick Moranis, Marty Short, we're all spitting out Canadian terror babies like watermelon seeds. So in 20 years, they can overthrow America and make it, I don't know, more polite."
The Daily Show deals in such irony all the time. Nice to see Canada gets a nod in the immigration debate, similar to our take on SB1070, even if it relies on the stereotypes on how friendly Canadians are.
"My offspring will bury you, Stewart, with kindness and respect," Jones says to Stewart.
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