Why should babies born in "sanctuary cities" be considered American Citizens?
Answer:
The 14th amendment was carefully worded so that NO child born to an alien would ever be granted birthright citizenship.
No senator would vote for the 14th until the authors added the language, "and under its jurisdiction", which, they assured, would ... NOT apply to ... aliens.
The voters elected those senators to represent them to the best of their ability and they did just that.
The logic and the wording were solid enough; if an ambassador living on US soil has a child on US soil and the child grows up in the US, that child is NOT a US citizen.
And it was clear to the Supreme court that the amendment apply only to those for whom it was intended. From 1868 until 1982, the will of the people through their representative government was respected, upholding our democracy.
In Plyler vs Doe:
Four of the Justices insisted that, as usual, the Court should consider the written intents and clarifications laid out in debates on the senate floor by those who penned the language as well as concerns by other senators who would vote to ratify it.
Five, however, used an argument that - it has been argued - does not apply and is improper; that despite the availability of uncontroverted records from the 39th congress, ONLY the text of the amendment be considered.
And, though the intent of the language standing alone is clear, those 5 justices, for the first time in US history, using that odd logic, neutered every reason we have to vote.
What's the use of voting? Our country isn't run by 425 representives, 100 senators and 1 president.
It's run by 5, unelected, appointed-for-life enigmas.
qwerty
Makes no difference where it's dropped, it's still an illegal alien as far as I'm concerned. Cut off all aid, federal and private, to these "sanctuary cities." They are merely a means to aid & abet criminals.
In order to be an American citizen, one or both of a child's parents should be a legal U.S. citizen.
Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but he was considered a Nazarite.
Because the 14th amendment to the constitution says they are citizens and we don't mess with the constitution to solve little symbolic problems.
i think that they should not be considered as a us citizen. they were not born here and THEY ARE ILLEGAL
They should be considered American Citizens because that is the law. The primary way in which we define American citizenship is by birth in this country. That is the way it has always been. To change it risks acquiring a large population of people who have lived in a country for their entire lives, but have no way to acquire citizenship like guest workers in Germany. It's destabilizing.
The babies aren't breaking the law. The parents are breaking the law. If you want to talk about deporting the parents and allowing the child to claim citizenship as an adult, that's a different issue. If you want to put restrictions of that child to bring noncitizen family members with him or her as an adult that is also a different issue.
To move away from citizenship by birth would fundamentally change way we conceive of ourselves as a nation and it would not be a positive change.
Law is law. As much as I hate Illegal activity, the babies born in this country (to an illegal or not) have not broken any laws by doing so. How ever, American children is no excuse to give legal residency to any illegal who are in this country.
First, fix the border. Then punish the activities that harbor illegal activity. there was a provision in the Stem Cell bill that would deny federal funding for sanctuary cities, but it got vetoed!
You are right. Sanctuary cities , by refusing to cooperate with the Federal Government, have seceeded from the union. They are no longer part of the US.
Birthright citizenship to the offspring of illegal aliens is a myth. Anyone who has studied the 14th amendment, its authors, and the proceedings of the 39th Congrees that passed the 14th amendment will tell you that the 14th amendment DENIES birthright citizenship to the offspring of illegals.
Senator Jacob Howard, author of the citizenship clause of the 14th amendment stated in 1868.
"The Constitution as now amended, forever withholds the right of citizenship in the case of accidental birth of a child belonging to foreign parents within the limits of the country."
The real answer to this question is that the offspring of illegal aliens are also illegal aliens and not entitled to benefits provided by the taxpayers of this nation.
No Katydid it has NEVER been the law. Name the Supreme Court Case, or any case for that matter, that bent, twisted and perverted the 14th amendment to state that anyone born here is a citizen period without exception. I'll give you a hint. There isn't any!
Because the 14th amendment has been interpreted to mean any child born on U.S. soil is a U.S. citizen, as much as you or I would like it not to be so.
To change it would require a Supreme Court decision to reinterpret the meaning or a new amendment changing birthright citizenship to Americans and legal immigrants only.
my opinion is...
If the parents come here illegally and have a child on US soil, then the child should have no claim to US citizenship. It is easy to continue to use birthright as an indication of citizenship. If a child is born to legal citizens of the US, then they are also US citizens. Children born to illegals here in the US, should not recieve any benefits or forms funding. America has enough problems of it own to take care of, without having to pay for a bunch of people who aren't even citizens and thier offspring...born here or not.
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