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The anchor baby concept that Trump supporters seem to dislike applies to any child born to a person who is not a citizen, so that would include legal immigrants as well (like H2A visa holders having children while in the US), and yes, that would apply to Trump's father because his mother was pregnant when she immigrated to the US. I doubt she became a citizen within six months of arriving here.[/quote]

The anchor baby concept is wrong to begin with (because a US citizen baby doesn't really help if you have no legal means of staying independently of that) but no, it doesn't include legal immigrants.  An anchor baby, by definition, anchors someone without other attachments.  So, a baby born to a green card holder is not an anchor baby because a green card holder can stay here regardless of a baby.  I don't know what Trump's grandmother situation was, but if she was a legal immigrant, then her child was not an anchor baby because her status in the US did not depend on having a baby.

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I agree 40% proficiency rate is pathetic. So?   Low income students generally have a low proficiency rate, and that does apply to even whites and Asians btw. It's about SES, not about skin color. Hispanics and blacks have a large % of low income families, so that's why you see a larger % of students from this background not doing as well in school.[/quote]

[b]That's true, and that's why it makes sense to limit immigration of low-income people, and enforce immigration laws with regard to the illegal population. [/b]

[quote=Anonymous]
Yes, I realize that the hispanic population in MCPS has been increasing, as it has for the rest of the country.  The Asian population has also been increasing.  The US is becoming less white. Actually, the whole world is becoming less white.  So, you can stop blaming non whites for the fact that the white population is declining. It's not like nonwhite people are going around getting rid of white people.[/quote]

The Asian population is, most of the time, here legally.  It also tends to elevate the quality of the schools, not the other way round.

Yes, the world is becoming less white but it doesn't have to become poorer.  A country has every right to restrict who comes in; the growth of illegal population, Hispanic or not, is not an act of god. It can be managed and mitigated. [/quote]

We allow people to immigrate because of their humanity and our humanity.  It’s not about low income or high income.  That’s dangerous, amoral thinking.[/quote]

You had 8 full years to tell that to Deporter-in-Chief Obama while he deported 4.5 million immigrants, betraying them and their families and everyone who trusted his promises.[/quote]

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