On CNN's State of the Union Sunday, Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson dismissed the controversy over the term "anchor babies," which many consider a racial slur. Recently, Carson, along with Donald Trump and Jeb Bush, has used the term to refer to something he wants prohibited: the policy that illegal immigrants can have children in the U.S. who immediately become citizens.
"I think it's silly political correctness," he said. "Everybody knows what we're talking about. We need to talk about the actual issue and stop getting pulled off into the weeds."
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