How is the child a ‘citizen’ of another country. She is an American, not a Mexican. That’s the whole point of birthright citizenship.
Her parents are Mexican, but she is not.
I agree, don’t confer citizenship on the parents, but the child is a whole different matter.
If you let the state decide who is and who isn’t a citizen, based on who their parents are, this is contrary to gaging people on their own merits.
I guess then hyphenation is the point here. Japanese-American, etc. If what makes someone American is that they were all born here, rather than Mexican, or Japanese or however, then they have no reason to call themselves Japanese-American.
Under this proposal, they cannot ever become true Americans, despite being born in America. This is a problem. It delays assimilation, because you are putting up extra hurdles for those who are already in America.
I posted about Venezuelan students who had a baby while here at school and then returned to Venezuela and raised her there.
Citizenship is determined through the status of the parents. It can't work any other way because a newborn infant is simply incapable of making any decisions for itself. Period.
The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment made it clear that in addition to being born within the United States, they also had to fall under the jurisdiction of the U.S., - and they stated that meant "completely" under the jurisdiction of the United States. And they specifically explained that meant, " ...not owing allegiance to anyone else.".
The Supreme Court got it right in the Slaughterhouse and Elk vs Wilkins decisions. Maintaining your principal loyalty to your home country does not make you any kind tribal Indian or foreign diplomat. My very own mother was a case in point.
My father was a U.S. citizen, btw.