· MSNBC · By Laura Kennedy · From the Border Crossing Law Firm media archive.
KULR reports on both HB 392 and Representative James Knox's use of the term "anchor baby." Shahid explains that a U.S.-citizen child cannot petition for a parent until age 21 and does not prevent a parent's deportation, making the label both inaccurate and degrading to children born into immigrant families.
The interview connected constitutional doctrine with the practical experience of Montana families: U.S.-citizen children were often taken abroad when a parent was deported, rather than functioning as an automatic route to status.