It is a telltale that no other civilization in the history of the world had anything comparable to the American policy of ‘anchor babies,’ which allow the babies of non-citizens to become American citizens – with all the rights, privileges, and immunities that honorific entails – by dint of birth location alone.

Perhaps if another society, now long gone, did have such a concept, the lack of historical record is testimony to how that type of society inevitably cannibalized itself.

Regrettably, America appears poised to endure a similar fate – unless it obtains the wisdom it needs quickly.

According to a recent study done by thePew Research Center, a staggering 320,000 babies born in 2023 were to parents who were not in the United States lawfully: in other words, illegal aliens.

While it is true that those existential statistics were reported midway through the Biden administration, at the height of the worst border crisis in American history, where tens of millions of illegals flooded into the nation’s interior, they are indicative of an alarming demographic trend that will sink any society, no matter how tolerant or pluralistic, simply based on the sheer volume of newcomers.

The numbers, since President Trump re-entered office, have stabilized a bit. Of course, border crossings reached historic lows in 2025.

And for the first time in nearly fifty years, America actually registered net-negative migration: more people left the country than entered.

At the same time, the number of non-Hispanic white birthsactually increasedfor the first time in years – including in deep-blue states where, in some cases, they were an outright majority of all new births.

These promising trends suggest a country that has regained some control over its demographic situation, which is far worse in sheer cultural diversity, than any Western country found in the Old World. But it is not enough.

Birthright citizenship remains a policy on the books. If and when a Democratic government reclaims power, they will be sure to exploit this egregiously reckless policy to its most extreme degree.

Source: The Gateway Pundit