Sunday, January 16, 2011

Unfairly pinned with 'anchor baby' label, Olympic-gold winner sets sights on another medal - and citizenship for Mom


After he won his Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 2008 Summer Games, Henry Cejudo ran around the Beijing gymnasium floor, waving a U.S. flag, looking as if he were ready to fly, before falling to his knees and wrapping himself in it.
So, as the son of a Mexican mother and father who sneaked across the border illegally, he feels wounded by the most recent battleground in illegal immigration, the one that targets what proponents call "anchor babies," saying they are unworthy of citizenship at birth.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2011/01/16/20110116cejudo0116.html#ixzz1BEB3fZLT

 

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