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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said Tuesday at an event in Iowa that he is not an "anchor baby."
The declaration came in response to a question from an audience member after Jindal spoke about his parents' immigration from India to the United States, joking that he was a "pre-existing condition" at the time, according to The Des Moines Register.
"Did I hear you say you were an anchor baby?" the audience member asked, as quoted by the newspaper. "No, no, I'm not," Jindal responded. He went on to ascribe talk about him being an "anchor baby" to progressives and labelled the chatter a distraction from the real issues, according to The Des Moines Register.
Jindal followed presidential rival Donald Trump's lead last week in calling for an end to the policy of birthright citizenship, which automatically grants citizenship to children born on U.S. soil regardless of their parentage.
As TPM previously reported, a fringe movement of self-described "strict constitutionalists" believe that Jindal isn't even eligible to mount a presidential campaign because his parents were not naturalized U.S. citizens at the time of his birth. But Jindal does indeed qualify as "natural born" citizen, according to a 2011 report from the Congressional Research Service on presidential eligibility requirements.
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SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Well this,Congressional Research Service on presidential eligibility requirements did also do the same for Obama right?
PatrickforO
(14,593 posts)No...Not ME! I'm NOT an anchor baby!
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Cruz born in Canada
JI7
(89,278 posts)With the way he begs white racists to accept him.
lpbk2713
(42,769 posts)Just yer basic every day run of the mill asshole.
aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)together and throw a party!
Given the modern history of the political base of the GOP, I have never understood how any minority could be a republican.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)And it has nothing to do with him being or not being, an anchor baby.
TlalocW
(15,392 posts)How is he not? Were his parents citizens of the USA when he was born? I thought they had come primarily for certain degrees.
TlalocW