why should it be so easy for a person to be born in the USA and gain citizenship instantly if the parents are not citizens? but for some people who are not citizens, it could take years to get there papers taken care of to live in the states.
2007-02-22 10:04:38 · 16 answers · asked by talofa lava 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
It shouldn't be so easy. If the parents are here illegally then the child should not automatically be a US citizen. Only the children of US citizens or people who have permanent residency children should become US citizens.The law needs to be changed.
2007-02-22 10:12:17 · answer #1 · answered by luv3dbb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a person is born in any country in the world, that person automatically is a citizen of that country. Citizens of other countries, who wants to live in the US or the UK, or India, are immigrants- they cannot automatically claim the privileges of people born in those countries. I am of pure Indian descent, I' am a British citizen, I have NOW lived in India for 10 yrs, but I'm still a foreigner! That's natural. Anyone who wants to become a citizen of a country that they were not born, need to go through an arduous qualification process before they can become a citizen of that country. Otherwise there will be a situation where everyone from poor countries will just up and go to the US, Canada, The European Union, Australia, Japan- or anywhere!
2007-02-22 10:29:24 · answer #2 · answered by usha4pillai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When our fore Fathers wrote the Constitution they could have never seen the things that happen today, as well as they tried. But they did allow for correction or additions to the Constitution to make it what it needs to be for the times.
"We the People", first wods on your Constitution, need to make Congress pass an amendment to change how, and why you become a citizen. It should state that only U.S. Citizens be birth right, and only legal people in the U.S. may request this right. It also should state that if the person broke any laws in the U.S. or before coming to the U.S. then they may not request citizenship for themsleves or any that they may caused to be born in the U.S..
This would stop all illegals using our laws against us and gaining incomes, the right to stay, and using our tax dollar to do so.
2007-02-26 09:30:33 · answer #3 · answered by allen w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A child born in the United States has US birth records, so they have US citizenship. It's sort of theoretical, too - a child born on American soil is a child of America. Few of us are natives to the area, so we have to have some way of being considered native to the country.
2007-02-22 10:13:49 · answer #4 · answered by saafirebutterfly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's no misinterpretation. The 14th amemdment clearly states that all persons born on U.S soil are U.S citizens. Now, although it isn't a misinterpretation, it is outdated and no longer serves its original purpose to grant citizenship to freed slaves during the reconstruction era.
2007-02-22 10:12:54 · answer #5 · answered by chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It´s a misinterpretation of the 14th Amendment. Citizenship should not be automatically given to children of alien parents. At least one of their parents should have to be a US citizen in order for them to be considered US citizens.
2007-02-22 10:09:25 · answer #6 · answered by Double 709 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
confident. the only exception is that if the father and mom are contained in america on a diplomatic visa. a baby is likewise immediately a US citizen if born out of the country and a minimum of one make certain is a US citizen. EDIT: What Lori ok writes below is incorrect. basically the 1st sentence of her quote is definitely interior the form. "area a million. All persons born or naturalized contained in america, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are electorate of america and of the State wherein they stay. No State shall make or enforce any regulation which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of electorate of america; nor shall any State deprive every physique of existence, liberty, or sources, with out due means of regulation; nor deny to every physique interior of its jurisdiction the equivalent safety of the regulations." there is not any extra point out of citizenship interior the 14th modification. i assume one ought to argue that unlawful aliens at the instant are not "subject to the jurisdiction" of america while interior the country, however the preferrred courtroom ruled in this in Plyler vs. Doe, pointing out, "no possible huge distinction with admire to Fourteenth modification 'jurisdiction' could be drawn between resident aliens whose get right of entry to into america became lawful, and resident aliens whose get right of entry to became unlawful."
2016-11-25 00:36:38 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason is because that's what the constitution says, and because that particular interpretation of the constitution has been upheld by the Supreme Court. That's the way it works here.
2007-02-22 10:38:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you are born here, so most likely will live the rest of your life here, imagine if all the people born here had to apply for residency, that would be tons of paperwork, lots of money for employees and then your kids wouldnt have the same rights until they were approved. BAD IDEA!
2007-02-22 10:17:41 · answer #9 · answered by Mendi8a 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Born to illegal criminals, citizenship should not be given to their children born here.
2007-02-22 11:15:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋