ana gonzalez has more than 20 years experience in immigration law.legal options are available to pregnant migrant women in the uk who don't have any kind of legal status to stay here? somebody in that position will have very limited options, possibly no options. if a baby is born in the uk and let's say the father has the legal status to stay in the uk, but the mother doesn't, what does that mean for the baby? if a woman has no leave to remain in the uk and gives birth to a child fathered by a british citizen or a man with indefinite leave to remain, that baby is automatically british by birth, and she could potentially obtain leave to remain as the parent in order to facilitate this child's being raised in the uk. so this is not a loophole. it should not be seen as such because the basis of this provision is to protect british children. what do you make of this, this fake father scam? this fake father scam is incredibly elaborate. it is very sophisticated, incredibly difficult to police by the home office and the authorities. and in a way, it's just