http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/08/national/main2240604.shtml
This was one baby who couldn't wait to land.
A 42-year-old woman gave birth to a healthy girl late Wednesday aboard a plane destined for O'Hare International Airport from Mexico, officials said Thursday.
The birth on the Mexicana Airlines plane came nearly an hour before the midnight landing, airport spokeswoman Wendy Abrams said.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said a child born in airspace over American territory is eligible for U.S. citizenship.
The woman was flying from Guadalajara with her husband and two children to visit relatives in Milwaukee.
2006-12-08 14:06:53 · 19 answers · asked by Miladi 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
"There was a doctor who happened to be flying who also happened to be an obstetrician-gynecologist," Chicago Fire Department spokesman Richard Rosado said. "So she couldn't have been in better hands."
"The people on board the aircraft — they were cheering and clapping and congratulating her as we exited the aircraft," paramedic Al Trigl told CBS station WBBM-TV in Chicago.
The woman and her 7-pound, 8-ounce newborn are doing fine, said a spokeswoman at Resurrection Medical Center.
The Citizenship and Immigration spokeswoman said if the parents want to pursue citizenship for their daughter, they'll have to file an application. Then officials investigate whether the child was born in Mexican airspace or over international waters.
The woman, who was not identified, is a Mexican citizen, reported the Chicago Sun-Times.
2006-12-08 14:07:04 · update #1
I believe the parents have the legal right to establish dual citizenship for the baby. A person above made the assumption that the baby was full term, something not specified in the story so her comments can be interpreted as being derogatory and hateful. not a nice thing to be .
2006-12-08 14:17:05 · answer #1 · answered by dosmachetes 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
First off these have been some racist answers. I've heard of babies born in elevators, cabs, at home, etc. If the Baby is coming, it's coming. That means in 9 months or not.
That is a very snobbish attitude, because most of us who are citizens here are just trying to survive, and not contributing as much as we should. ie 20% voter turnout.
Unless the kid grows up to be a criminal, or drain on society it derserves the same rights as us who were born on US soil.
US airspace is after all, us territory.
2006-12-08 16:00:55 · answer #2 · answered by Benjamin W 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I say 1. no see both parents must be legal residence, or have papers. 2. they visit relatives , and she knew she was going to drops and have a baby. 3. why didn,t she waits after the baby born ,no she was hoping the baby be born here for freedom, and a good home and bettr life. 4. everyones want to be americans, the childs has no faults, and did not know where it was going to be born. 5. how you explain that your mommy and daddy don,t belong here.
2006-12-08 14:47:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think we should think long and hard before tinkering with the Constitution. The Supreme Court has never directly held on whether the 'citizenship by birth' part of the 14th Amendment means that citizenship is granted even where the presence of the child's pregnant mother would be barred by law. However, I would address immigration rules to say that the right of 'family reunification' which gives a citizen the ability to bring in family including parents should not apply to anyone who did not have at least one unconditional permanent resident parent or citizen parent at the time of their birth. That avoids the constitutional issue and addresses the 'gaming' with our laws.
2016-05-22 21:57:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the baby was born an hour before a Chicago landing they were definitely in U.S. airspace and the baby should be granted citizenship.
2006-12-08 14:12:21 · answer #5 · answered by t s 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Mexican-owned airline, Mexican mother, not yet landed in the USA? Absolutely NOT!!!!!!!!
And Chicago was having snowstorms Wednesday evening. The pilots would have flown around the storm as much as they could. For all we know, they could have been in Canadian airspace when this baby was born.
2006-12-08 14:10:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I'm pretty sure that isn't true about eligability, but maybe it is only those in transit OVER the US who aren't eligible. I think we need clarification on the 14th Amendment.
2006-12-08 14:39:43 · answer #7 · answered by DAR 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the parents are US citizens (whether naturally or legal immigrant).
2006-12-08 14:14:37 · answer #8 · answered by nanabarbaracline 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
those damn Mexican women are having children all the way into their fourties and ALLL of a sudden they decide to go to America around her due date....
Hah. It wouldn't surprise me if she went into labor before they all up and decided to book the flights.
Damn these Mexicans find anyway possible to live here, assuming they DO want to live here, is there any doubt?
Good thing the Americans in this country are still having children....My god immigration sucks.
2006-12-08 14:13:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Sounds like a good question to ask Lou Dobbs.
2006-12-08 14:15:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋