Anchor babies are by definition citizens...This plus hospitals no longer required to give medical attention to those without insurance unless its a life threatening emergency
No educational benefits for non citizens including anchor babies
Anchor babies are by definition citizens...This plus hospitals no longer required to give medical attention to those without insurance unless its a life threatening emergency
No educational benefits for non citizens including anchor babies
Drag off 11 million? You don't have to. Most are economic migrants. A few changes and many will remove themselves;
- no government assistance of any kind (SNAP/Medicare/school/housing)
- no driving license
- no government ID
- expand the I-9 program
- heavy penalties ($10,000 per illegal immigrant working for you, any more than 6 = 6 months Federal prison)
- withdrawing Federal aid for any municipality that does not cooperate with ICE
Anchor babies are by definition citizens...
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This is an area where I differ from many conservatives. It's just not practical to deport them all. I don't think "self deportation" will have the effect that people want either. What worse condition could we impose on them here that would be worse than where they'd supposedly self-deport to?
At this point, eventual citizenship should be on the table only for those are not felons, who are employable. And they should have to apply for citizenship, and go through the process like everyone else. No magic wands proclaiming them all citizens, like the moonbeams want. And they go to the end of the line. But I don't see how any of that works unless we stop the flow of illegal immigrants across the border.
Anchor babies are by definition citizens...
Anchor babies are by definition citizens...
Maybe and maybe not. Study the 14th Amendment carefully, in particular this caveat: "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof."
The Founding Fathers added this qualifier for a reason. What that reason is lies at the heart of whether "anchor babies" are citizens. A child born to parents (both) who are in the country illegally may well not past this test.
Forget the study, what do you think happens when you remove the vast majority of the cheap labor from our economy? US citizens are a sub replacement growth rate population, who exactly do you think is going to do all that work?
What did "subject to the jurisdiction" mean?
What did "subject to the jurisdiction" mean?
“Or if we must meddle, as we have always done, let us meddle for a change in a constructive way. Stop every campesino at our southern border, give him a handgun, a good rifle, and a case of ammunition, and send him home. He will know what to do with our gifts and good wishes. The people know who their enemies are.” – Edward Abbey, 1988
What ?Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof? Really Means
There is some great analysis and conclusion in this piece. In summary, the Founders never intended for there to be a 100% blanket statement that children born in the U.S. would automatically have citizenship. In fact, there is undeniable evidence to the contrary. The linked piece is very long but it needs to be read in its entirety to get the full flavor of what is being explained.
I'm boringly practical like thatAnd there ya go bringing common sense into the discussion.
As I remember,RR made a path for mabye 12 million 35 years ago,and now we have the same problem...(MRJ,you are welcome to correct my numbers if they do not meet your EXACT documented figures.)