Births to illegal U.S. immigrants down 20 percent from 2007 peak: Pew

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

US | Fri Sep 11, 2015 3:32pm EDT

Births to illegal U.S. immigrants down 20 percent from 2007 peak: Pew

CHICAGO

The number of children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants has dropped by about 20 percent since its 2007 peak after rising sharply for a quarter-century, the Pew Research Center said on Friday.

An analysis of Census Bureau data by the polling group showed that about 8 percent of the nearly 4 million births in the United States in 2013 had at least one parent who was living in the country illegally.

Children of undocumented immigrants became a prominent issue in the race for the White House after U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush used the phrase "anchor babies" in a radio interview last month and was criticized by other presidential candidates for doing so.

Immigration critics sometimes use the term "anchor babies" to describe U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants. Immigration groups say the phrase is offensive.

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1. so it peaked during the bu$h administration? where were the insane critics then?

oh, it only applies to democratic administrations