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As immigration continues to dominate the Republican presidential race, both Donald Trump and Jeb Bush have been criticized for their use of the term “anchor babies“.

Donald Trump and several other Republican presidential rivals have pushed for an end to birthright citizenship in the U.S., with Trump’s plan last week pushing the GOP field to the right on immigration. He would create criminal penalties for anyone overstaying a...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on August 21, 2015 in Mobile, Alabama. Trump, in a statement, said that he disagreed with Ailes and that he doesn’t think Kelly is a quality journalist.

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Trump mocked the public amicable exchanges between Bush and Rubio, more recently at the first GOP debate a few weeks ago in Cleveland. The “anchor baby” term – a reference to U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants – is considered offensive by many.

He answered, “I would not be throwing him a dinner”. “I would get him a McDonald’s hamburger and say we’ve got to get down to work because you can’t continue to devalue”, he said, according to a transcript published by the Daily Caller.

“Of course we were horrified that they would start, framing the entire, you know the Asian American community using the derogatory term of anchor babies“, said Christine Chen, Executive Director Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote. Appearing on “Fox...

Fellow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has defended his use of saying “anchor babies”, mocked Bush on Twitter and said the former Florida governor was trying to pander to Latinos.

He said it lodged there in a drive-by shooting past year that killed his cousin, Joseph McGhaw, 27, as they walked in a public housing complex known simp…

“She is going to have to put a stake…in the heart of these emails”, the California Democrat said. Warren, a fiery voice against the influence of large financial institutions in the U.S., has not endorsed any Democratic contender, including Clinton.

“Can you reach African-American voters?”

Not being politically correct runs both ways. “Unless you’re a deviant, you don’t put those words in”. “I’ve been very nice to you, although I could probably maybe not be based on the way you have treated me”. Then, after a few questions...

Walker said he was not fazed by the poll and compared it to low poll numbers for him just before he won a resounding recall battle in 2012.

An article on Salon this week provides some insight on how Trump’s immigration stance and the willingness of so many Republicans to feed into it could bring about the GOP’s demise. Let them take me to court if they want, but by then American forces will have...

The comments came as Biden returned from two weeks of vacation in South Carolina and Delaware, and as he continues to explore a campaign for the Democratic nomination against frontrunner Hillary Clinton.