a child that was born here from illegals do you think he/she should be illegal too?

Question

thas what some peole want

Answer 1

no way, they were born here so what makes that illegal?

Answer 2

Anchor babies are one of the biggest concerns facing us from the illegal immigration situation.

Not only are these children put immediately on the Medicaid network (where they will be our financial burden until their 18), they significantly increase the likelihood that their mother will be allowed to stay in our country. Even if the mother is deported, however, the child can (and usually does) remain within our borders. At this point the kid is shuffled into an already overcrowded foster system with a great unlikelihood that they'll ever be adopted (creating more financial stress for the rest of us).

While the 14th Amendment provides for these children's citizenship, this was not it's original intention. The illegals have perverted the Constitution of our great country by using it as a strategic tool to break our laws.

Our congress has the power to rectify this atrocity, but they sit idlely by and do nothing. If a child is born to someone on a legal visa, to a visiting diplomat, to any noncitizen that has crossed our borders with the express consent of their country and ours, then yes, by all means, that child should be a citizen of the United States of America; but a child born to a someone who gained access to our country through a criminal action should never be allowed to call themselves an American until they have followed the righteous and legal processes necessary to declare themselves as such.

Answer 3

I wouldn't say "illegal," since a baby can't help where it is born.
But, it shouldn't be a citizen if it is borne of foreign nationals. It should be a citizen of whatever country it's parents are. And the parents should be charged with child endangerment. Think about it, there's only one reason you would come here pregnant to deliver, and that's to USE your baby for citizenship for yourself. Never mind the long arduous, dangerous, potentially lethal trip to get to the States to have that baby. The baby could be KILLED out there, yet you worry about it's legality? Shame on you!

Answer 4

What about the parents being deported?

I guess maybe the child should be able to stay, but the parents would have to send the support money to the county in which they live. We could make it like the Americans who accidentally end up in jail in Mexico. If your family doesn't feed you, you starve.

I am sick of paying taxes to support criminals and welfare recipients. I am a working person too who struggles to pay my bills. Get a job or get lost.

Answer 5

Yes, that's what I think. I think the "anchor baby" law should be dropped from the books effective years ago! In order to have US citizenship by birth, I believe at least one parent should be a legal US citizen.

Answer 6

technically speaking, since their parents are illegal, there are no records of their parents being here,... how can there be offspring if there are no parents?

now if you want to play the old times game, guess what,... there were no laws about immigration back then, now we do and they need to be enforcethe children of illegal immigrants should be treated as illegal immigrants as their parents. I don't want my tax dollars feeding the children of criminals.

Answer 7

NO!!! Any person born on any land on earth is a born citizen of that country! If you believed that, that would make all americans ( except for the indians) illegal!!

Answer 8

They are read the US Constitution. There has been to much interpreting the US Constitution then enforcing it. We better start getting back to enforcing it or we will have no laws anyone will abide by. Then we will have anarchy.

Answer 9

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads in part:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States,
and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
are citizens of the United States
and the State wherein they reside."





Babies born to ILLEGAL A:LIEN mothers within U.S. borders
are called anchor babies
because under the 1965 immigration Act,
they act as an anchor that pulls the ILLEGAL ALIEN mother
and eventually a host of other relatives
into permanent U.S. residency.
(Jackpot babies is another term).

The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868
to protect the rights of native-born Black Americans,
whose rights were being denied as recently-freed slaves.

In 1866, Senator Jacob Howard
clearly spelled out the intent of the 14th Amendment by writing:

"Every person born within the limits of the United States,
and subject to their jurisdiction,
is by virtue of natural law and national law
a citizen of the United States.
This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States
who are foreigners or aliens,
who belong to the families of ambassadors
or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States,
but will include every other class of persons.
It settles the great question of citizenship
and removes all doubt as to what persons
are or are not citizens of the United States.
This has long been a great desideratum
in the jurisprudence and legislation of this country."

The correct interpretation of the 14th Amendment
is that an ILLEGAL ALIEN mother
is subject to the jurisdiction of her native country,
as is her baby.

The original intent of the 14th Amendment
was clearly not to facilitate ILLEGAL ALIENS defying U.S.
law at taxpayer expense.
Sadly the amendment is now being employed to do just that.



Current estimates indicate
there may be over 300,000 anchor babies
born each year in the U.S.,
thus causing ILLEGAL ALIEN mothers
to add more to the U.S. population each year
than immigration from all sources
in an average year before 1965.



Present U.S. anchor baby "policy"
is an abuse of the 14th Amendment.
An ILLEGAL ALIENS can cross the border,
have a baby five minutes later,
and that baby is automatically declared a citizen of the U.S.A.!!

The birth of that anchor baby is only the beginning.
As the child grows he or she is entitled
to a multitude of other taxpayer-funded programs.

Since most anchor babies are classified as "minorities",
they can expect to enjoy legal preference
over "non-Hispanic white males"
under today's "civil rights" regime.

Upon reaching adulthood, the "citizen" anchor baby
is eligible to import relatives from the home country
through America's nepotistic chain migration system ,
in which the principal qualification
for a prespective legal immigrant
is having relatives already in the U.S.

When you look at the vast cornucopia of benefits,
you have to conclude
that the U.S.A. offers powerful incentives for illegal immigration.

For those who disobey U.S. law, and their children,
America is certainly the land of opportunity!

The anchor baby fiasco must be stopped.
It rewards ILLEGAL ALIENS
and encourages more ILLEGAL ALIENS To Come To The USA
It costs law-abiding taxpayers a bundle.
It makes it harder to control the border, reform immigration
and rein in the runaway welfare state.

And, it cheapens American citizenship
and mocks those who play by the rules.


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 300,000 so-called anchor babies are born
in the United States every year.
Once an ILLEGAL ALIEN 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 Citizen"
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??)

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))

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

Answer 10

No, apart from indigenious indians, all other americans
can be catergorised as illegals including yourself. The
truth sometimes hurt doesn't it ? It would be advisable
not to open this can of worms.

Answer 11

Callahan you racist you inbred fool.

is your self-esteem so small that you pride yourself on where your parents were born it saddens me.

abortion? You are reading the wrong pappers Like THE RED NECKHERALD with a swarstica and a confederate flag on it.. lol.