# Next up: Immigration reform (one more time) **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 22, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-up-immigration-reform-one-more-time/533353 "2010-03-22T16:29:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-up-immigration-reform-one-more-time/533353/30 "2010-03-22T19:02:44Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Of course, this nonsense of allowing someone to sneak in and plop out a bay on American soil and have that baby be a citizen (and a ticket to citizenship for the parents) should stop immediately. We are saps. Time to wake the fuck up. Time to “wake the fuck up” that [a U.S. citizen child cannot petition for a green card for his/her parents until he/she turns 21.](http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f63da6c515083210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=f63da6c515083210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD) Which is a rather long-term plan, to say the very least, especially given that parents of U.S. citizens are still subject to significant bars to immigrating legally if they have been unlawfully present in the U.S., even after the immediate relative petition is approved. It is entirely possible for reasonable people to differ regarding what a reasonable U.S. immigration policy might look like, but I am really tired of the old “anchor baby” canard. Eva Luna Aiding the Huddled Masses Since 1990 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-up-immigration-reform-one-more-time/533353)._