Why did the US government start the anchor baby program?
595615
our good hearts i guess and because the baby  was born on this soil making the baby a  American but who knew so many people would abuse that law bringing a person in this world just so you could stay somewhere  instead of having that baby  because you wanted a baby ?
905663
In some ways, our programs are abused, however, try to stand in someone elses shoes.  Many of these programs give medical care to poor children (who have no control over their parents).  Others get help to drug users and alcoholics, donate supplies to schools, and help poor single moms feed their families.\n\nSome just are not born under good conditions.  This keep streets much cleaner than if they did not exsist. We live in a great country.
240675
The government is known for implementing programs and policies prior to getting the "kinks" out and prior to a proper analysis.  This applies to both democrates and republicans.  Both parties like to put "Band-Aids" on problems to make them temporarily go away.
1143683
Yes it was President Clinton who abolished it in 1996. It was replaced by TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). The programs are essentially the same, but TANF has stricter restrictions, such as a five year limit on receiving aid.
531691
Offer tax incentives to "one parent at home" families. That way, more jobs would be created, and the tax that those with the new jobs paid - as opposed to the Social Security benefits they received - would counterbalance each other.\nPlus, there would be less crime caused by burglaries and latch-key kids. Children would be better supervised and receive proper meals, instead of junk food, resulting in less obesity and fewer associated health conditions.\nI am not a politician, yet it is so obvious.\nWhy don't you stand for council? Good luck!
717078
It should be removed because it is not part of the original pledge...Eisenhower added it in the fifties to appease the Christian fundamentalists during the cold war, and separate us from the godless communists. The founding fathers would be p!ssed off if they knew what has happened to this country.
1079130
Because they are fucking stupid!And they have to be an "anchor baby"!No red blooded American would support that kinda fucking ridiculous shit!Deport all of the illegals!
597507
i'm american but what i've heard about their immigration policies...i'd say there are loopholes..hijackers forced a plane to land and had 180 hostages they got welfare and subsidised housing for 5 months while the govt decided if they should get citizenship. they should have been arrested for committing a felony.
766880
The government is business of encouraging certain behavior for the good of society.\nThe government decided that monogamous heterosexual relationship benefit society more then other relationship.\nThus the government provides incentive for it -- called marriage.\nIf two people love each other who do not fit the bill they can still live together, have sex, etc etc.\nHowever why should the government encourage these relationship if they are less beneficial the others? It should not!\nThus the government has absolute power as to who can enter into a marriage.
810994
The problem with this "anchor baby" issue that keeps coming up is that it is a chimera:  it does not exist.\n\nThere is NO provision under the immigration law or any other law that allows non-American adults, legal or illegal, to remain in the US just because they have borne an American citizen child.  There are no asylum or other rules that allow such parents to remain in the US.  In fact, there are many thousands of US citizen children living overseas, who were born in the US but their parents had no right to stay there and left when their business, whatever it was, was over.\n\nThe child cannot even petition for the parents until he or she turns 21, and then will have to be domiciled in the US, not just the holder of a US passport.
708784
That's called eugenics, and has been tried in the US. It failed. See the link below for information about the eugenics program in Virginia - this is just one example.\n\nWe need to use social pressure, as they do in China, to discourage over-population. Particular cultures and socio-economic strata have a disproportionate number of children. We need to teach all Americans that they should only have one child each - that ensure a  zero growth population.\n\nExtra children should be taxed; there should be no tax incentives for having children. Similarly, welfare benefits for larger families should be reduced.\n\nOver time, this will lead us all to a more prosperous nation.
1010462
I'm open to all answers. mainly because USA tend to use "magic tricks" when it comes to politics. If there are something that might hurt the governments trustworthiness, there is suddenly a big crisis somewhere. It is not so difficult to put peoples focus away from what really is happening to something that is more interesting. Like seeing the picture of the devil in the smoke from a fire.\n\nThrust no government.
415501
Well, I don't know about the baby, but I know about this US \nFederal program that helpped my son:\n\n\n This is a free, U.S. Government program (no fees or other charges) \n \n \n No credit checks \n \n \n No pre-payment penalties \n \n \n Your payment will be reduced by as much as 60% each month \n \n \n You will have to write just one check each month for your student loans \n \n \n All information is secure and confidential\n\nGood luck!
688719
Yes, they should be encouraged.  There are over 1.5 million couples in the United States who would like to adopt a child every year who are not able to adopt a baby in the US because of the shortage of children to adopt in the US.  \n\nForeign adoptions provide two benefits.\n1. They provide the 1.5 million couples who would not be able to get a child with a child.\n2. It provides the child from the foreign country the chance for adoption because they are coming from a country where no one will likely adopt them.  For example, China and Romania have far more orphaned babies than the people in either country want to adopt.  So these children have no hope for adoption unless they are adopted by a foreign couple.\n\nFinally, many foreign adoptions are done in conjunction with providing these children with medical care they cannot receive in their native country.  The US couple is able to provide that medical care to treat a severe disability, and then the child has a loving home and the disability is taken care of.
908567
You need more than one family to establish a nation.  In the US it was families from England that colonized the east coast and when they felt  that together they could survive on their own, or could trade with other countries besides the Mother country then they wrote a Declaration of Independence to establish a new nation. It took awhile for other countries to recognize the US but since we had all sorts of resources they wanted (and they didn't like England) it didn't take too long.
89413
It wasn't originally in the pledge. It was added by Congress in the 50's during the Cold War.
70607
Contact the US State Department and talk with someone about the kidnapping of your baby.  They will work with the other countries' ambassador to work on the location of your child.