[clawrence3]

"Anchor babies" as in UNITED STATES CITIZENS per the 14th Amendment to the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION?

[BlueStateDepression]

Would you have a problem amending the 14th to say clearly that Citizenship only applies to those children born here of LEGAL immigrants?

[NJ_gent]

""Anchor babies" as in UNITED STATES CITIZENS per the 14th Amendment to the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION?"

The 14th Amendment reads in part: " All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States".

Where do you see anything about their parents' prior illegal actions being erased by the birth of the minor child? The child has the option of citizenship on his or her 18th birthday, but may not maintain both US and Mexican citizenships simultaneously. However, the parents are not US citizens, and are in fact still criminal aliens. As such, they can be deported. The child, being in the custody of the parents, could legally be sent to a state-run facility for those without suitable and available parents, or could (at the option of the parents) be sent with them to their country of origin.

That seems a far more reasonable course of action than to allow criminal aliens to further their criminal actions (remaining in the United States illegally) simply because they've stayed hidden long enough to spawn an anchor.

[MassachusettsGOP]

Yeah, as long as Nathan Deal's bill passes, I think these programs could work. But since his bill likely wont pass, these programs therefore probably wont work.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

The 14th was to insure that children of former slaves were American citizens, not for damnable border jumping criminals.

[org.whodat]

Anchor babies" as in UNITED STATES CITIZENS per the 14th Amendment to the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION?

I'm not an attorney, but I know that one could make a great legal argument that the 14th only applies to people who are here legally.