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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 doesn't bear that out. just because you have a child here doesn't mean thaw can't be deported tomorrow. it doesn't mean that you g...

To your immigration status. the fact is that a child, who is born here, cannot petition on behalf of their parents unless they've 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 i've 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 specifically to have babies? >> i'm going to have to take an exception to what my colleague representa...

>> he didn't interrupt you. let him finish and then i'll 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 an undocumented basis in this country is just not correct. the law doesn't bear that out. just beca...