[kabar]

Be more specific. How do you see the two? Birthright citizenship confers automatically US citizenship to anyone born on our soil, i.e., jus solis. It matters not whether the parents of the child are illegal aliens, tourists, foreign students, etc. The only exception being the children of accredited diplomats.

Anchor babies is a term referring to the children of illegal aliens. The parents use the amcit children as a way for them to stay here, hence the term anchor baby.

[doldrumsforgop]

“Birthright citizenship confers automatically US citizenship to anyone born on our soil, “

That is also conferred if the parents are American citizens, regardless of where they are in the world when the child is born/

[logitech]

I watched the video again. It seems Cruz is changing his position.

My view is Birthright Citizenship is conferred to children born of US citizens. No matter where they are born. As long as the parents have not renounced their citizenship or registered the child as a citizen of whatever country they happen to be residing. Later, if they moved back to the US, the child (if a citizen of the foreign country) would have to be “Naturalized” ie. not Natural born.

No citizen of a foreign country should be able to enter this country, legally or not, and claim their children born here as US citizens.