‘Anchor babies’ reach nearly 10% of all US births: new data

‘Anchor babies’ reach nearly 10% of all US births: new data

Pew Research Center says 245,000 babies were born in 2023 to mothers who were unauthorized immigrants and had fathers who were not US citizens or lawful permanent residents.

Anchor Baby Boom: New Pew Data Shows Nearly 10% of All U.S. Births in 2023 Were to Illegal Alien or Temporary Immigrant Mothers

Nearly 10 percent of all babies born in the United States in 2023 were to mothers who were either illegal aliens or holding temporary legal status, according to new data released by the Pew Research Center. The figures, published late last month, show that 320,000 of the roughly 3.6 million babies born across the country that year had mothers who were non-citizens. This marks the highest total of anchor babies since 2010, when Pew recorded 325,0…

‘Anchor babies’ account for nearly 10% of US births: report

Data released by Pew Research shows that 9 percent of all US births in 2023 were to those that were here in the US illegally, or in the country temporarily.