“Anchor Baby” speaks about his time at Nazi camp
Born July 31, 1924, in San Bernardino, California, Anthony C. Acevedo is what is known in today’s parlance as a “citizen child” — one who was born in the United States to parents from Mexico. iReport: Tell us your war stories
A Mexican-American, he was schooled in Pasadena, California, but couldn’t attend the same classes as his white peers. “We couldn’t mix with white people,” he says. Both of his parents were deported to Mexico in 1937, and he went with them.
Acevedo returned to the States when he was 17, he says, because he wanted to enlist in the U.S. Army. He received medical training in Illinois before being sent to the European theater.
A corporal, he served as a medic for the 275th Infantry Regiment of the 70th Infantry Division. Acevedo was captured at the Battle of the Bulge after days of brutal firefights with Nazis who surrounded them. He recalls seeing another medic, Murry Pruzan, being gunned down.
Where are the anti-immigrants and their chants to deport this “anchor baby”? If they claim it is a bad policy then certainly it should be a bad policy for everyone and applied to everyone, no?
Good to see that the anti-immigration crowd understands how down right silly their argument against birthright citizenship really is.
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