Quote Originally Posted by Stealth694 View Post
Sounds like something that happened alot in the 70's-80's.

A pregnant Mexican woman would stick close to the rio grande and when she went into labor she would dash across the river and either go to a Hospital or get the police to arrest her and take her to the Hospital, when the Child was born it was an american citizen and the Mother was ipso facto an american citizen.

They changed that law in the 90's (?) and this is where we get the family with a legal American child and an illegal Mexican parent.
Sorry your info is incorrect. The baby is granted citizenship by the Constitution but the mother is granted no such status!