Why have we not changed the law? That if a child is born in USA it is a citizedn ,,that is nuts?
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If that's the case then all who immigrated here would be in trouble if that was the interpretation of a new immigration law. Perhaps we should just stick to those who are here illegally need to either go back to where they come from or pay a swwet price of service in the military for 4 years and a fine for citizenship.
If two people immigrate to the United States and have green cards, why should we make the baby get one too?
because, if you're born in USA- your life started on American soil.
It's ignorant assholes like you- who think Americans were just magically placed here- who bug the crap out of me.
I was born in America, but my family is from Germany...hmmm.wow- guess I'm German...
Open your mind and get out of the fad of hating others that aren't like you.
I know girlfreind and that try to make dog food out of the rest of us they smile too
damn straight. and i'm tired of all the people who say americans are to lazy to do the jobs. in truth americans can't afford to do the jobs. we have to pay taxes, illegals don't.
Why do people dislike immigrants. YOUR ancestors immigrated to this country.
At some point in your family's history, a child was born in this country and YOUR citizenship decends directly from that moment.
um i think the law is a loop hole but i still agree with the law as its states
WHAT!!!that is totally unfair many people come to look fopr a job here in the United States and Technically you are not a citizen either because many people immigrated from Europe to look for a better life the only people that deserve a citenzenship are the Native Americans
I have been asking that since the border debate!!! The only problem is that our country wouldn't grow as fast as the rest of the world if we turn to isolationism.
why is that nuts? i'll admit that our immigration needs reform, but that is a strong policy. what about the child? if he's born outside of the other countries that his parents came from, THEY won't consider him a citizen.
i wonder what country your family was originally from..
If the law was originally like that, no one would be a citizen, well except for the Mexicans and Native Americans who originaly lived on this land we call America. EVERYONE is a decendant of an immigrant.
I'd like to see it changed. However, to change that would take a Constitutional Amendment, and that is no small undertaking. Plus, it would require heavy support to be ratified, and there are mixed views in the U.S. on the Citizenship Clause. I don't think it could be done.
Edit: I think a fair rewording would be one parent a U.S. citizen & the child born on US soil, then we could eliminate the situations where parents are deported, and have to decide what to do with the child.
I agree. But, I think one parent should have to be a US citizen to be one. And they should have proof. You should talk to your state rep. Or governor.
If the law was changed to what you want, my great-grandfather would not have been a citizen (his parents were immigrants, LEGAL, but were not citizens). He served his country honorably in the military, in combat. He ran a business for over 30 years, contributed greatly to the economy, raised a terrific family, and was an honorable man. But you'd deny him citizenship because his parents weren't citizens...
Sorry, I don't agree with your xenophobic nonsense.
Oh, and by the way, doing so wouldn't save any money. You need to do your homework before ranting about things you obviously know nothing about.
Peace.
OK, so does that mean that if I have am visiting Great Britain, and I give birth to a baby, that person will NOT be a British (substitute any nationality you want) citizen? Geez... should? how condemning...Should is such a self-righteous pedantic negative judgemental word...that word SHOULD be abolished...sorry, I digress. I believe in the Statue of Liberty's poem--give me your huddled masses yearning to live free (course, it did not work out so well for Native Americans). Oops, I digress again... Sorry...I think you are nuts...oops, I digress again...
that would be nuts to have a law like that. SO what of my daughter, her dad was born in Mexico and myself in USA, so what does that make her, citizen of neither??? Doesn't make sense to me. Those children were born here and some have known nothing but the US since birth, some have lived here all their lives (and I mean older children, those that are 9+ years, you suggest we should throw them into another country that they have never even been to???). Not a well laid plan you have there.
This is the policy in most civilized nations. SOP really. What is nuts is changing this policy and claiming it costs billions without citing any sources. Why are so many people under the impression that all illegal immigrants are just here sucking from some magical money fountain. The Bigotry is astounding.
I am going to have to disagree with that statement. Citizenship is more than just giving birth on the ground, it comes with privelages and opprotunities. hence Land of the Free. So then do you aslo agree that if a child is born outside the states like Military members, in a nother country, then that child is of only US citizenship, adn not the country they were born into? Also how does the sound of loosing your birthtown, sound to you. You not being able to return to where you were born, becaue you were not a citizenship. Think logically, reallistically, and sympathetcially.
if you are born in the united states, you are a united states citizen.
yup, makes sense to me.
thats the most ignorant redneck bs I've heard today and I live in a town full of hick farmers. To say that one person is more deserving of citizenship than another soley on the grounds that their parents weren't red blooded americans is ridiculous. and tell me please how this is costing tax payers billions of dollars my God the mexicans, i assume your talking about mexicans, are actually coming here looking for jobs. I have ten of the laziest peolple i can imagine using up my tax money on welfare right down the street. but I guess that since they were born in Ohio they have that right.
I'm a product of immigrants..they did it Legally
I'd change it so the children of Illegal immigrants weren't automatically citizens, but resident aliens should keep that right.
And to those who are saying no one would be a citizen, that isn't correct, they could still become citizens through the naturalization process
And look, I told you that without calling anybody a nasty name
Gee if we changed that law, than you would be a US citizen...Dummy
In fact, nobody would, because all of our ancestors are immigrants...
I believe the law was changed in 1995 or 1996 to give legal immigrants' children citizenship -- those who have proper documentation. Illegal aliens have used this loophole to have their anchor babies and it is not right but we should write to congress and let them know that that's another change we want made. These people aren't loyal to the USA and should not be given citizenship. If a person is born on US soil to a lawbreaker, they are not really automatic U.S. Citizens. It could be argued correctly that products of an illegal act is a fraud and therefore is not enforceable. Additionally, children of foreign nationals should be at the very most dual citizens and be forced to choose which country they will bestow their loyalties when they turn 21. Not 18 because if you can't drink alcohol until you're 21 then you can't become a citizen until you're 21. All of you who think that we all would be illegal if this law didn't exist doesn't understand the law, the constitution or the intent of the law. Our great grandparents were legal immigrants and their children were legal citizens. They did what it took to become citizens and therefore we were born and our parents were born to U.S. Citizens and therefore we are U.S. Citizens. Wake up, will you?
Economically and socially, we cannot keep supporting this.
To those who responded negatively, I ask;
If a child is born on U.S. soil, and the parents are illegally here, the child stays (because it is a citizen) and the parents go (because they are not citizens), right?
That law breaks up families.
Canada has recently changed their law so that only Canadian citizens can give birth to Canadian babies.
While granting Amnisty is not our best option, I think that we should follow Canada on this one. It makes deportation easier. The reason that it was set up so that a baby born in the U.S. would be an American Citizen was so that America's population would increase. Social handouts were not affected too much. A lot of people are complaining about illegal immigration are complaining only on the Mexican side, because of the language barrier and racism. If Latino groups were not out there telling the government to start printing documents in Spanish, and business was not catering to the Spanish language (example: Press 1 for English) then we wouldn't have the hysteria. Mexicans illegal or legal do not take welfare by a large percentage. There is one minority group in the U.S. that takes up social programs, and 92% of these people vote Democrat. Bush has seen this as an opportunity to recruit more future voters for the Republican Party. Mexican illegals take about 2 generations to assimilate. Catering to their language and no other nationalities is Bull $hip!
Yes, it is nuts! It is a loophole big enough to pass all the navies of the world through. A couple manages to brake American law by crossing the border illegally. First thing on their agenda, get pregnant. Now no one wants to punish or deport them because of the kid and the next thing you know all the relatives are here also.
I could support a child born here being a citizen, but he/she would have to go back to the parents' country of origin if they were not citizens.The child could return here when he reached 18.
I don't think some of these people realize how many women cross the border to deliberately give birth in the US, then use their child as an excuse to stay. Most of them don't pay their medical bills, and hospitals in border states are closing because they lack the funds to stay in business.
http://www.usbc.org/info/2006/sept/birth...
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