Anchor Babies - H.R.1868 Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009

The term "anchor baby" has been in use since the 1965 immigration Act. The term refers to the baby being an anchor for the illegal alien mother and eventually a host of relatives to permanent U.S. residency.
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 to protect the rights of native-born Black Americans
whose rights were being denied as recently freed slaves. It does not guarantee the U.S. citizenship of babies born to illegal aliens on U.S. soil. In fact, Senator Jacob Howard stated that [The 14th Amendment] will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons.
What are the consequences of illegal babies born in this country? Click here.

So you may be asking yourself - who is benefiting from this misinterpretation of the 14th amendment? Let's look for the answer in the H.R. 1868 bill introduced by House Representative Nathan Deal. The bill spells out under what conditions a baby is considered a United States citizen at birth.
Nathan Deal is a House Republican and the bill is cosponsored by 90 fellow House representatives. 88 are Republican and 2 are Democrat.
Does that answer your question?