There is a movement to amend the 14th amendment. That's the one which allows babies born in the US, from non citizens, to have immediate full citizenship.
"Section I. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or munities
of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
2006-10-03 14:34:12 · 17 answers · asked by Nick 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
The anchor baby system should be changed!!! It is being miscontrued for some agendas and it's wrong.
2006-10-03 14:42:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The question is what does 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof' mean. The Supreme Court ruled that it includes those who are here by virtue of legal immigration, but specifically reserved whether it would apply to people here in violation of our laws.
On a similar point, there is a legal fiction that those 'in the process' of entering the country through the border, who are getting reviewed for qualifications, are not legally 'in the United States', even if they may physically be 'in the United States'.
The Supreme Court COULD say that those illegally here aren't 'under jurisdiction of' US laws, but are instead in violation of it, and that would be that.
Don't know that they would, though.
2006-10-03 14:46:31 · answer #2 · answered by DAR 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is just another indicator that our immigration laws should be reexamined.
After all, what is so special about being born that you have to be a citizen just for that? Being born is just the beginning of a great many major events that happen in your life.
Worse yet, just by being born, you haven't really earned a place in the United States--in fact, you haven't earned anything! I'm saying this against the children of citizens too; what makes you so special that you were born here? If an illegal immigrant contributes more labor to the economy than you do, then that makes him or her a bit more important in my eyes.
2006-10-03 14:44:46 · answer #3 · answered by يا حسين 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
yes, 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof' was thrown out by a lower federal court in 1898 and has never been brought before the Supreme Court
2006-10-03 16:59:43 · answer #4 · answered by yars232c 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has technically been amended, these children have no rights as citizens until they are 21 years old. It makes no sense to me.
2006-10-03 15:36:15 · answer #5 · answered by Carol R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure I could live with that. Why should a child born to an illegal be considered a US citizen. This only leads to breaking up the family when the parents are deported.... which they should be.
2006-10-03 14:38:24 · answer #6 · answered by T 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes it needs to be changed so that the poor children are not being born just so the parents can have a better chance to stay.
2006-10-04 04:22:19 · answer #7 · answered by thelogicalferret 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why....its being interpreted incorrectly. Birth right citizenship is a myth.
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-pOypG0szd7Pv_X1rQxw_4qCWpA--?cq=1&p=50
2006-10-03 14:36:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I think it's fair cuz if you think about it our ancestors of all nationalities were originally from somewhere else other than the usa except for native americans.
2006-10-03 14:42:09 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Shortie♥ 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, even if the parents are illegal it's not the baby's fault.
2006-10-03 14:38:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋