Neither he nor the Times, however, disclosed at any point CIS’ penchant for pushing the kind of nativist talking points used by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and his white nationalist ilk. It was CIS which spearheaded research about birthright citizenship that’s often used by Carlson, President Donald Trump’s surrogates, and others to decry so-called “anchor babies.” And in 2011, CIS helped legitimize racist claims that undocumented women will cross American borders with the express intent to give birth in the U.S. -- adding credence to a claim by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), who called these mostly mythical children “terror babies.”