The phrase “anchor babies” is offensive.
It is meant to be offensive because it is a slur.
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
Uttered by Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and other Republican White House wannabes, “anchor babies,” quite simply, is another way of saying “Mexicans.”
The phrase is used to describe a phenomenon that is probably not even real. It refers to babies born to immigrant parents who supposedly use their child’s automatic American citizenship to enhance their own legal status.