have to come up with some kind of fix. So why avoid this one? Don't you have to take it on?" In Australia in 2019, then-Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton used "anchor babies" to label the two Australian-born children of the Murugappan asylum seeker family. This comment was criticised by University of Sydney law professor Dr. Vogl, who pointed out that unlike the United States, Australia does not have birthright citizenship, so the term "anchor baby" is not relevant to Australian law. Opposition politician Kristina Keneally, herself born in the United States, labelled the comment as an attempt to import American debates that were not relevant to Australia. See also Family reunification United States nationality law Anchor babies in Hong Kong References Footnotes History of immigration to the United States Pejorative terms for people Illegal immigration to the United States Political terminology of the United States