[TomGuy]

Rest assured, I believe that immigrants should not receive any form of welfare or public assistance, and this is why I am cosponsoring HR 190, which would revoke the automatic citizenship, and thus right to welfare benefits, currently granted to the children of illegal immigrants.

Politicobabble. All HR190 says is that a child born to "a mother who is neither a citizen or national of the United States nor admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident" is not a citizen of the US. The Bill addresses nothing regarding benefits to illegals.

HR 190
A BILL
To clarify the effect on the citizenship of an individual of the individual's birth in the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BASIS OF CITIZENSHIP CLARIFIED.
In the exercise of its powers under section 5 of the Fourteenth Article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the Congress has determined and hereby declares that any person born after the date of enactment of this Act to a mother who is neither a citizen or national of the United States nor admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident, and which person is a citizen or national of another country of which either of his or her natural parents is a citizen or national, or is entitled upon application to become a citizen or national of such country, shall be considered as born subject to the jurisdiction of that foreign country and not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States within the meaning of section 1 of such Article and shall therefore not be a citizen of the United States or of any State solely by reason of birth in the United States.

[EBUCK]

Well, it makes it harder for the illegal immigrant mother to collect welfare and such if she bears a child in the U.S. because this bill would make the child a citizen of the country the mother is from. You don't see that?

EBUCK

[murdoog]

HR 190

A BILL To clarify the effect on the citizenship of an individual of the individual's birth in the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. BASIS OF CITIZENSHIP CLARIFIED. In the exercise of its powers under section 5 of the Fourteenth Article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the Congress has determined and hereby declares that any person born after the date of enactment of this Act to a mother who is neither a citizen or national of the United States nor admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident, and which person is a citizen or national of another country of which either of his or her natural parents is a citizen or national, or is entitled upon application to become a citizen or national of such country, shall be considered as born subject to the jurisdiction of that foreign country and not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States within the meaning of section 1 of such Article and shall therefore not be a citizen of the United States or of any State solely by reason of birth in the United States.

I am 110% in agreement with the motivating sentiment behind this bill, but I don't see how it can pass constitutional muster. I am surprised that Ron Paul is supporting it.