How cruel are immigration laws; An illegal immigrant mom gets deported leaving her american born baby. d?

Question

Immigration laws for women and children in the US are unbelievably harsh.

Answer 1

If this is true than you're right,it's far too harsh. Staying or going,
a baby shouldn't be separated from it's mother.

Answer 2

Hon.,I don't know where you live but I was born and raised in So.Cal,and not in a lilly whitebread neighborhood. I'm Anglo and our "hood" was 67% Mex-American which was cool.As time went on the middle class both M & W moved on up and the poorer immigrants including illegals moved in.The first thing they do is have a baby born in the U.S. That is their "Anchor Baby" after that they are home free.They won't deport the legal guardian of this new American citizen.I'm with the other guy...LOL.

Answer 3

The key to undoing the current misinterpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment is this odd phrase

"AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF."

The whole problem is caused by the fact that the meaning of this phrase, which was clear to anyone versed in legal language in 1868, has slipped with changes in usage. Fortunately, there is a large group of court precedents that make clear what the phrase actually means:

The Fourteenth Amendment EXCLUDES the children of aliens. (The Slaughterhouse Cases (83 U.S. 36 (1873))

The Fourteenth Amendment draws a distinction between the children of aliens and children of citizens. (Minor v. Happersett (88 U.S. 162 (1874))

The phrase "subject to the jurisdiction" REQUIRES "Direct And Immediate ALLEGIENCE" to the United States, NOT just physical presence.
(Elk v. Wilkins 112 U.S. 94 (1884))

There is NO automatic birthright citizenship in a particular case. (Wong Kim Ark Case, 169 U.S. 649 (1898))

The Supreme Court has NEVER confirmed birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens, temporary workers, and tourists.
(Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202, 211 n.10 (1982))

According to estimates, some 200,000 so-called anchor babies are born in the United States every year.
Once a mother has birthed a child on American soil, she can then seek to obtain citizenship for herself on the strength of the family-reunification laws.
Even before this happens, she is very hard to deport, as the mother of an American, and the full panoply of welfare benefits is available to her, as is affirmative action if she is a member of a racial minority.

A group of attorneys and immigration experts are trying to do something about the problem RIGHT NOW.

Craig Nelsen, director of Friends of Immigration Law Enforcement Stated :
"The situation we have today is absurd,There is a huge and growing industry in Asia that arranges tourist visas for pregnant women so they can fly to the United States and give birth to an American. This was not the intent of the Fourteenth Amendment; it makes a mockery of citizenship."
(Sound Familiar??)


Pack Your "Anchor Baby" And Head South

Answer 4

No, they'd let her take her child. However, since the child was born here the child has the option of staying with a relative. I think that is how it works.

A lot of people have their children here, when they were conceived and carried across the border, just so they can get free hospital care, food stamps and welfare to pay for the child they can't afford, and to try to regularize their own status. The parents are aware they could be deported at any time. Personally, I think that is pretty poor parenting.

So how do you think we should discourage it, by saying they can all stay if their child is born here?

We aren't stupid, and there are too many now.

It has to stop.

Answer 5

What kind of Mother would leave her child in the hands of others?
Oprah had a show 1 out of 4 children are abused in some way. Why would any Mother let strangers or relatives watch what she should be watching. Living poor is no fun-true-but their are many dangers.
How many people who are poor here(we have many-millions) (not strung out) would leave their kids in another country. Ask our poor if they would leave their kids in Canada for a richer life. And poor is poor everywhere many of our poor watch their children at nights to make sure the rats don't get them. Why are they not dumping them on others?
The Mother should have taken her kids with her. She was wrong.

Answer 6

They are called anchor babies and they DO NOT get deported because the baby is now an American citizen. You need to check up more on your immigration laws before you speak.

Answer 7

You seem to have issues. So what if they kick the mom out. It's her choice that the baby is left behind.

This country can't continue to absorb every sob story illegal into our society. They are huge drain on our economy. Our kids suffer is school because the schools are forced to to accommodate non English speaking students. We feed them house them give them medical attention. But when we need such benefits we're told sorry if you cant pay don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Boo freaking hoo. I'm tired of these border rats getting a free ride while we have to work hard pay taxes and they reap the benefits of our social security and welfare system

Answer 8

there not harsh. they are stupid. the law should be changed. if a baby is born from an illegal immigrant, that baby should also be an illegal immigrant.

Answer 9

Immigration laws are not harsh at all. If they were we would not have this problem.

Women who have anchor babies should be deported with their children. She knew what she was doing.

Answer 10

I agree with you here. The laws need to be rewritten so the alien baby is illegal too and we can boot it back to the other country with mom. And if your an American citizen, I'm fine with you losing your citizenship if you debase yourself with an illegal....boot them out of the country too...