Would you favor an amendment to the CONSTTUTION that would stop automatic birthright citizenship?

Question

For anyone born in the UNITED STATES who's parents are ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS?

Presidential candidate Ron Paul just offered House Resolution 46,which would amend the constitution as follows...Section 1 Any person born after the date of the ratification of this article to a mother and father,neither of whom Is a citizen of the UNITED STATES,nor a person who owes permanent allegiance to the UNITED STATES,shall not be a citizen of the UNITED STATES,or of any STATE solely by reason of birth In the UNITED STATES.

Answer 1

Immediately. Get in on the ballot. My son, who was born overseas while I was serving in the US Army is considered "derivative," even though both his parents were American citizens. Some illegal drops her spawn on this side of the border and we've got a "native born" citizen. What a crock. Why are the children of an invading Army being granted citizenship in the country being invaded? That doesn't make sense.

mirror: Yes, they are American citizens by birth, but they are classified as "derivative." That is the part that I resent. Both his parents were American citizens and his citizenship is "derivative." B.S. If I was in Korea on vacation when he was born or working there as a civilian, I could understand it. However, my presence in Korea was an extension of the foreign policy of the United States government.

-- Derivative Citizenship: Citizenship conveyed to children through the naturalisation of parents or, under certain circumstances, to foreign-born children adopted by US citizen parents, provided certain conditions are met.

I'm a native born American citizen, my son's citizenship should not be derivative.

Did you know that until the 90's, soldiers serving overseas could not claim the earned income credit on their income tax? That's how 2nd class soldiers have been treated over the years.

Answer 2

Yes!

Because if the parents are deported, the US can make the child stay here because they are a citizen. Then we are paying (as taxpayers) for that child being in the system.

Also, it is simply not fair to let illegals have children who are instantly legal citizens. At least one of the parents should be a legal resident or citizen.

Answer 3

I would for the reason that more often than not if the parents do get deported the children become wards of the government and thus tax dollars are spent to help them out.

Taxes are high as is, the government always needs improvement when people are here illegally even if they are working the majority of the time in order to work they are stealing an identity to do so (by using a stolen social security number).

Also birthright citizenship is often abused in order to try to process illegal immigrants through the system legally.

Answer 4

would the child still have permanent residence? I would like to see how many parents would leave the kids out on the streets for foster care because they still have a better chance of growing up institutionalized that going back to the native country.

As horrible that sounds its the sad reality of the world.

Answer 5

Or tourists, yes. I think the parents should have a legal, and more than casual, relationship to this country.

But why is he adding more confusing language? The courts will have a field day with 'permenant alliegience'. Why don't they just say permenant resident or whatever he actually means?

Answer 6

>>Absolutely! Was just having a conversation about this today! The child's status should be whatever the parents status is. Parent is illegal=child is illegal. Period!

For those that are already born of illegals and ARE citizens, I agree with Melissaw77. They can come back when they are able to come WITHOUT their illegal parents (who have the option of applying for citizenship the legal way).

I do agree with Liz below to a certain extent too. IF the child (prior to a new law)wants to stay here AND can support itself WITHOUT the illegal parents, s/he should be allowed to stay. They are American citizens. The ILLEGAL parents still need to go though!

Answer 7

Yes. Anyone born to a mother not here legally should have no right to citizenship.

Answer 8

Yes, absolutely. Why should someone get automatic citizenship if his parents are illegal? There was just a case in Ct where the illegal mother was being deported, went to court and won the right to stay in the US because of her son. Most babies born in L.A. county are born to illegal mothers under age 21. Some have had up to 6 children already and all births are free to them, courtesy of the tax payers of California. It just ain't right!

Answer 9

Born in the USA citizenship is the fundamental birthright, the very definition of citizenship.

The exact same applies to US citizens by birth born abroad to US citizen parents .

I swore to defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic.

The Wrath of the Living God cover each person who seeks the destruction of our nation through cheap hypocritical racism of opening the border then attacking the Constitution using the very problem they themselves created.

Answer 10

No.

The American idea of citizenship is based off the idea that anyone can be an American. Nothing fits this idea more than anyone being born here can be an American without a consideration for other factors.

I like a nice, simplistic, egalitarian definition of citizenship.