Jeb Bush: ‘Chill Out’ on Criticism of ‘Anchor Baby’ Term — Its an Asian Thing
Carrie Dann on CNN continues to report on the Jeb Bush blow up over his use of the term “anchor babies.” Bush says that it is “ludicrous” that he is being accused of using a term that insults immigrants. “Nothing about what I’ve said should be viewed as derogatory towards immigrants at all,” the GOP presidential candidate said after meeting with local officials near the U.S.-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas. “And by the way, I think we need to take a step back and chill out a little bit as it relates to the political correctness that somehow you have to be scolded every time you say something.”
Bush said that he used the term “anchor babies” specifically to refer to fraud — sometimes called “birth tourism” — in a “specific targeted kind of case” involving mothers who travel to the United States only to win citizenship for their unborn children. “Frankly it’s more Asian people,” he added.
KJ