If it was put to a VOTE of the people: How would you vote?

Question

Would you vote to give Illegal Anchor babies citizenship? I see where the lady in Chicago is Allready going to court in an attempt to use her KID as an Anchor. The ILLEGALS exploit this GIANT LoopHole and we need to close it Now.

Answer 1

Illegal parent = illegal child ... simple like that!

Answer 2

The problem is that this (Fourteenth Amendment)
has been misinterpreted in recent years
to mean simply that anyone born in the U.S,
under any circumstances, is an American citizen.
This is neither the original intent of the law
nor the way it was interpreted by the courts
in subsequent decades.
Some Americans speak of birthright citizenship
as if it were an immutable law of nature.
It is not, and most other nations do not, in fact, recognize it.
It is only a bad habit
that could be broken with a simple Executive Order.

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.

"The situation we have today is absurd,"
alleges Craig Nelsen,
director of Friends of Immigration Law Enforcement,
a group of attorneys and immigration experts
that is trying to do something about the problem.

"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??)

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 allegiance"
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))

There are other cases referring
to minor details of the question.

Answer 3

No anchor babies. I think it's terrible the way people use their kids for this purpose. I don't hate the kids and I don't want them separated from their parents. They just need to go home with their parents. Or fine, give the kids citizenship--but not the parents. Let them decide what's in the best interests for their children--leave them or take them. We are not trying to separate families, that's just another excuse illegals use to stay.

Answer 4

No to anchor babies. Deport all illegals in the family including the baby.

Answer 5

I would vote that if the parents are illegals then so is the baby !!
Something needs to be done about that loop hole and soon...it has gone on for way too long !!

Answer 6

Nah.. It's all good.. Gotta reward them for their effort.. Maybe it'd be better to get them before they have em.. Who should really be punished for not securing the borders? Oh, that's right.. It's the Mexican civilians fault..

Answer 7

no,i wouldnt give citizenship to any of them.

Answer 8

no no no no anchor babies!

Answer 9

I say deported and they say reported.

Deport them.

Answer 10

i vote the same as hold'em rox