Posted on 03/16/2011 6:28:18 PM PDT by WXRGina
They're NOT citizens.
The child is a citizen, and you are treating the child differently from other citizens because of the status of their parents. This is a violation of the equal protection clause.
The child is NOT a citizen. What case are you using to pretend that children of illegals are citizens?
That’s the law as it stands. They are citizens, just like anyone else born in America.
Cite the law. The 14th Amendment says no such thing.
So your argument is that birthright citizenship, at present, does not exist?
Not to children of illegal alien invaders. I know that's not the way it's been bastardized but none of them should be citizens. They should all be kicked out.
“I know that’s not the way it’s been bastardized”
So you’re saying that the law at present declares them to be citizens. Thanks.
LOL
Why do YOU want to be citizens so badly? C'mon, tell us.
Why do I like the concept of birthright citizenship? That’s a good question. Birthright citizenship manifests the principle that all men are created equal. No distinctions are drawn between the birth of the high and the low. Slave or freeman. It’s a radical principle, and some find it too difficult to stand behind.
My family immigrated to North Dakota from England. They paid for their passage and their homestead and were permitted to settle. Some of my ancestors served in both wars for the Americans. Could they do this today? Why not? Back then they didn’t have welfare in America, and anyone who came was expected to support themselves. Today it’s a different story.
I don’t think the problem is so much immigration but rather unproductive immigraton. You are attracting the wrong sorts of immigrants from bad policies.
So, do I - for citizens. Not for invaders.
Why do you want the children of invaders to have citizenship?
That’s like asking me do I want to hear Sean Penn spouting off about how conservatives want to destroy the world and kill babies.
Do I want that? No, of course not. But the consequence of letting Sean Penn rant on means that we have true freedom of speech. Same with citizenship.
Birthright citizenship benefits Americans overall even though there are some negatives.
Is it the fault of the kid that he was born in America? No. Is it the fault of the parents that they crossed over illegally? Yes. To reduce this negative we should be focussing on making sure that invaders don’t cross the border in the first place.
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