Should kids born in the USA from Illegals be citizens?

Question

I say yes cause if your born here your the same as every other kid that born that day and should't be punished based on what your parents did

BTW its a constitutional right to be a citizen if your born here as of now

Answer 1

I agree with you. If you are born here then you are a "legal American" and that child has no power over what thier parents did, so no they sohuldn't be punished for something that they couldn't control in the first place. I agree with this question.

Answer 2

No, their parents came here by illegal means. They should not be allowed to stay. No one wants to 'punish' anyone. It's a matter of law. Why should the U.S. American children be 'punished' because of illegal people's actions. The children of legal status in the USA are taking the brunt of the repercussions caused by illegal immigrants in the lowered educational standards, high cost medical care, their parents lowered wages, rampant drug traffic, illegal drivers causing injury with no car insurance, etc. I realize not all who do these things are illegal immigrants and they too need to be stopped, but that by no means says the illegal immigrant should be allowed to stay here and continue. I realize not all illegal immigrants do these things, but a huge majority of illegal immigrants DO abuse our tax paid services, They are not citizens of the USA, have no rights to those services and have not paid into the system legally. I realize these things are also caused by other factors other than illegal immigrants, however they are a large part of it and since they are illegal they are one part of the problem that should not even exist anyway. This is not their country. The illegal parents should have thought long and hard before coming into a country illegally about what might happen if they were caught or if the U.S. government decided to actually enforce the laws we already have in place against illegal entry. They need to go back to their homeland and do it the legal way.

Answer 3

No, I don't think they should be. However, apparently the law says they are. Laws can be changed and I think the "anchor baby" law is one that needs to be changed because it allows for a lot of people taking advantage such as hopping the border solely for the purpose of having the baby be born in the US in order to take advantage of the social benefits inherent in the status of the baby being that of US citizen. I think it should be a requirement that at least one of the parents are a legal US citizen at the time of the baby's birth in order for the baby to be a US citizen. Otherwise, the baby should take on whatever status that his/her parents have, whether that is illegal immigrant, visitor, etc. and that baby's citizenship should be only the same as his/her parents, wherever they are citizens of.

Answer 4

I think at minimum our immigration laws should say that a family reunification privilege allowing a citizen to bring in other family should only apply if the citizen had at least one unconditional permanent legal resident parent or citizen parent at the time of birth.

It is being used to 'game' our immigration laws and bring in the whole family, even when the child is conceived and carried in a different country. That is ridiculous.

Answer 5

Actually, they technically are so long as it can be proven that the birth took place on American soil. This is called "Jus soli" - or right of birthplace.

An opposing system is "jus sanguinis" or right of blood, meaning you share the citizenship of your parents at the time of your birth.

The problem is that if the child is born, say immediately over the border, there's no way to prove the birth was on American soil.

There's also the issue of this: The child is born on American soil to illegal immigrant parents. Technically, the parents could be deported, but the child's rights to citizenship allow him or her to stay, and the child's right to be cared for arguably allows the parents to stay.

Answer 6

The 14Th Amendment to the US Constitution imply anyone born here are citizen, but does it apply to illegals, too, is subject to interpretation.

Answer 7

Absolutely 100% NO NO NO NO!!! I am a citizen because I was born here. I was also created by two LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZENS!!!!! The constitution only pertains to LEGAL citizens.

Answer 8

NO WAY!!!! The kid should be an illegal TOO, since it's parents are NOT supposed to even BE in this country!!!!! If i have a WEED growing in my GARDEN, does that mean that it's really a VEGETABLE just because it's THERE???!!! NO WAY!!!!! Oh,and for all you RACISTS (since you LIKE that word so much) calling a weed a WEED is NOT being RACIST to the VEGETABLES!!!!!! No slander was intended toward the vegetables OR the weed!!!

Answer 9

If it's constitutional why not? if they were BORN here then yes they should be citizens.

Answer 10

Kids born here, from documented or illigal residents are automatically citizens