Should the United States get rid of Birthright Citizenship?

Question

I believe we should, as I believe that each person should understand the rights given and the responsibilities taken on as citizens before becoming an official citizen of the United States. This does NOT mean that certain rights granted in the Constitution would not apply as these are, in many cases, basic human rights.

What do you think? And why?

Answer 1

NO birthright
If you read the 14th amendment we do not have illegal alien birthright citizenship Just PC politicians misreading it

Answer 2

It definately needs to be clarified because it's original intent was not how it's being abused now. There have been reports of people from various countries who come here and have a baby just for citizenship even though they take the child and go back to their homeland to live. It's like a security for the future of their child to be able to come here legally once they are adults. Lord knows what would happen or how many "citizens" are out there somewhere and decide to come "home" all at once with no knowledge what-so-ever of this country or any allegience to it. I mean you can be a citizen of this country and never even live here just because you were born here on the families vacation time.. I'm Irish, English, German and French but I don't have citizenship in those countries simply because an ancestor did. There needs to be something concerning citizenship and having atleast 1 parent be a citizen and living here. Haven't really thought through all the various loopholes and what impact they might have.

Answer 3

If you are asking: Should illegal aliens (they are aliens, immigrants are persons who move here legally) be able to have their kids become citizens of the US just because they snuck across our border and delivered here?

ABSOLUTELY F****** NOT! I will vote against any politician that states otherwise.

The problem has become so great that it threatens to crumble the foundation of our country. They have no loyalty or responsibility to this nation and therefore have no interest in what happens to the citizenry. They have failed to uphold any kind of morality and decency in Mexico so now it is on to screw up someplace else where generations of people have worked to create a decent place to live. We are at war and these people, no matter how pitiful, are the enemy. If I open my door to every hungry person in the country I will soon be starving myself and will not be able to help even my own family.

The Hispanic citizens of this country need to help defend against the invaders or soon we will be just as poor and corrupt as Mexico. It is not a matter of race, it is a matter of defending your homeland. I don't mean to sound so vehement but this problem is reaching the point of no return. I also strongly feel that we should confiscate any business that hires illegals and then send the owners and managers to Mexico while pulling their citizenship.

Finis

Answer 4

I strongly disagree.

The problem is that if the government can dictate WHO is a citizen, they can also dictate who can vote, who can work, etc. The party in power could easily start to make it harder for those who dissent to be citizens. Essentially, this makes a take over by a less than ethical administration very easy (we have seen some of this with the recent congress and the suspension of Habeus Corpus).

Birthright citizenship means that no governing body can deny my rights without at least some degree of due process. It protects the minority. It protects individual rights.

There is a quote about the legal system, "I would rather see 100 guilty men go free than one innocent man be convicted". I feel the same applies to citizenship, I would rather have 100 idiots be citizens than have citizenship wrongfully denied anyone.

Answer 5

I can't agree with you. The birthright citizenship may be taken for granted but most adults come to understand how privileged they are to have been born in this country. My parents legally immigrated to this country 55 years ago, pledged their loyalty as citizens, raised a family and paid their taxes. I am a first generation Irish American and I feel as proud of my birthright citizenship as my husband whose family has been here for several generations.

Answer 6

I feel the 14th amendment needs to be changed,its been bastardized to give the anchor babies citizenship .
It was never ment for that purpose,
I do think tho that if your parents are legal Americans then you an American citizen.It is our legal birthright to be Americans and no that should not be changed.
This land and my right to be a citizen was bought and paid for with the sweat and blood of my ancestors that came here in 1702 and helped settle this nation.

Answer 7

Ive been married for two years to a woman from Colombia. We are having a baby next week but in April my wif is being deported. The department of Homeland Security is in charge of immigration and they don't care about families. My daughter will be an American, born in America with an American father but will have to leave the country with her mother.

Remember that the immigration issue is all about families.

Answer 8

I don't think we should get rid of it but there should be changes to it. If at least one of your parents isn't in the country legally, you shouldn't be a US citizen. If a woman has her baby while she is here on a temporary visa (tourist, student, etc), the baby shouldn't be a citizen either.

Answer 9

If both parents are legal US citizens, then yes the kid is also a citizen.

If one of the parents is illegal, the illegal parent and the anchor baby get shipped out to where ever they came from

if both parents are illegal, everyone goes.

Plain and simple.

Answer 10

I don't agree totally with you, even though I'm against "anchor babies" and the reason is, because these illegals that have these babies do it in order to stay in the USA and not because they desired the birth of their child, in other words for business and that is a sin in the eyes of GOD and Human kind.

Answer 11

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