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The broader issue is, you know, why are we having a discussion about anchor babies. if a person has a child here, that child cannot petition for their parents or a sibling to be here in the united states for a period of ten years and that petition can only begin after they are 21 years old. so the -- for people to suggest that people are coming here and having babies as a way to anchor themselves on an undocumented basis in this country is just not correct. the law doesnt bear that out. just bec...

It but amused. i would rather have a flight attendant relate to me as a human being than be on the end of passive aggressive politeness. i was interviewing a flight attendant and she wanted to be anonymous but she shared with me that a lot of flight attendants have a fantasy of doing this very thing. would you throw tomato juice all over the demanding -- >> i feel so much for flight attendants. the people that they have to deal with on any given day. flying is a nightmare and they are up there f...

I love children. but the fact is, this is breaking the back of the taxpayers of texas and the united states. >> okay. >> its taking down our health care, our education, and it is a huge, huge burden. >> representative -- >> that are coming across to have the children for the entitlement programs, for the health and the education and everything else that goes with it. >> representative riddle -- >> anybody that denies that isnt telling the truth. >> out of the 60,000 estimated children born every...

Working or not, and they have a baby, then that would come under the term anchor baby. that is what were taking about. that is breaking the back of the taxpayers. >> representative? >> yeah. thank you, anderson. the reality is that an anchor baby, according to the terms that representative riddle would use is a baby that a mother has here in the united states, if they are undocumented, in order to somehow anchor that undocumented family in the state. and current federal law does not permit that....

The term anchor baby. that he is what were taking about. that is breaking the back of the taxpayers. >> representative? >> yeah. thank you, anderson. the reality is that an anchor baby, according to the terms that the representative riddle would use is a baby that a mother has here in the united states, if they are undocumented, in order to somehow anchor that undocumented family in the state. and current federal law does not permit that. it just does not happen under u.s. law. >> youre not deny...

Citizen is born and becomes an anchor baby. look, im a grandmother of ten. i love children. but the fact is, this is breaking the back of the taxpayers of texas and the united states. >> okay. >> its taking down our health care, our education, and it is a huge, huge burden. >> representative -- >> that are coming across to have the children for the entitlement programs, for the health and the education and everything else that goes with it. >> representative riddle -- >> anybody that denies that...

Legally. if they are over here illegally, working or not, and they have a baby, then that would come under the term anchor baby. that he is what were taking about. that is breaking the back of the taxpayers. >> representative? >> yeah. thank you, anderson. the reality is that an anchor baby, according to the terms that the representative riddle would use is a baby that a mother has here in the united states, if they are undocumented, in order to somehow anchor that undocumented family in the sta...

To your immigration status. the fact is that a child, who is born here, cannot petition on behalf of their parents unless theyve left the country for ten years. >> representative riddle -- >> in that case -- >> what about that? in texas, about 60,000 babies are born every year to illegal immigrants, according to some research. seems like studies that ive seen, the majority are just people working and having babies. do you have a number of how many actually you think are coming here in texas spec...

>> undoubtedly that happens. but i do not think it happens in broad enough numbers and big enough numbers to change the constitution of the united states of america. >> representative riddle, let me ask you about that. how much of this is just about politics, about wanting to be seen to be doing something? the attorney general of texas, a republican, advised the legislature back in 2007 that immigration is largely the per vie of the federal government and that basically as a result, immigration ...

>> he didnt interrupt you. let him finish and then ill let you respond. >> thank you, anderson. the broader issue is, you know, why are we having a discussion about anchor babies. if a person has a child here, that child cannot petition for their parents or a sibling to be here in the united states for a period of ten years and that petition can only begin after they are 21 years old. so the -- for people to suggest that people are coming here and having babies as a way to anchor themselves on a...