'Anchor baby' fight scrambles Republican field

The Hill reports:

Republican presidential candidates are jostling to stake out positions on birthright citizenship and “anchor babies” as immigration takes center stage in the 2016 primary race.

The issue highlights the fine line Republicans seek to walk in pleasing hard-line conservatives in the primary without alienating swing voters in the general election.

At issue is the phrase “anchor baby,” meant to describe the children of non-U.S. citizens born within America’s borders and thus immediately given citizenship.

The costs of anchor babies.