Dealing with Anchor Babies

Red State ^ | 05/05/2006 | Congressman Mac Collins (Ret. R-GA)

[Varda]

This guy is wrong. I wonder why go after children who would wipe the court floor with anybody who goes after their citizenship? Wouldn't it be better to go after the "anchor" part? Congress CAN pass legislation deporting illegals (in this case the parents) and get rid of the reason for the "anchor" part, Kennedy's immigration law.

[Sister_T]

.....bookmarked.

[petkus]

People in District 8 in Georgia, Don't forget to vote for Mac Collins for Congress! He is a very competent conservative person. He will protect your borders, cut taxes and reduce government spending!


Candidate: Mac Collins, District 8
Address: P.O. Box 9645
Warner Robins, GA 31095-9645
Phone: (478) 225-6285
Website: www.ibackmac.org

[taxed2death]

Strip them of their US citizenship. If I understand messssican's convoluted Constitution correctly, they are STILL messssssssican citizens. Ship em out with their parent(s).

[Tribune7]

And here I was thinking this would be about bubble-headed bleach blondes.

[pandoraou812]

It seems simple to me. If a child is born to illegals then he/she is also an illegal. An illegal who owes the hospital the cost of the birth too. This is insane!! I think if an illegal mother goes to a hospital once the child is born they both and any other family members present should be deported as soon as the baby can leave the hospital. And they should be handed the bill and deported by a govt bus ( not that I think they would pay it) I used to feel bad for these people but I dont anymore. They are draining us. They knowningly break the law coming in illegally. Yet they have the thousands of dollars to pay coyotes to get them across the border. Then have the nerve to demand to drive and vote? Has our govt lost their minds? Im beyond disgusted.

[freekitty]

The Clintons and their kind have done a lot of damage to this country.

[dano1]

Also, don't assume all of these "anchor babies" live here.

Thousands of expectant Mexican mothers cross the border on visas or day permits just to have their babies here and then immediately return to Mexico. As a result Mexico is now full of kids who don't speak English and who have no memory of being in the U.S., but who are legally "American citizens". Our system makes no sense whatsoever.

By the way, this system of allowing people to enter the U.S. on day permits like for shopping is something one seldom sees written about. However it is widely abused and is a major source of illegal immigration. With one of these permits you can say you are entering "to go shopping", and then just stay in the U.S..

For a Mexican citizen to acquire one of these day permits involves a little red tape, but someone with a job and a stable residence in Mexico can easily do it. Once this day permit is acquired, they often go to live with relatives or friends already in the U.S.. These day permits or visas to cross the border are a major source of illegal immigration and are something no border fence will stop.

[DumpsterDiver]

All existing case law confirms that the Fourteenth Amendment does not automatically grant citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants. The reality is that it was Congress, through immigration legislation, which created this prize of citizenship for the children of people who violate our laws by entering our country illegally.

I wish he had mentioned what legislation he's referring to in the above quote.

[spectre]

Ireland, June 2004

"Ireland was the last of the original 15 EU nations to abolish birthright citizenship, thereby effectively closing the back door to the European Union.

No anchor babies plague Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom or Ireland".

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[DumpsterDiver]

H. R. 698

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny citizenship at birth to children born in the United States of parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Citizenship Reform Act of 2005'.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

It is the purpose of this Act to deny automatic citizenship at birth to children born in the United States to parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens.

Citizenship Reform Act of 2005
(Introduced in House)
HR 698 IH
February 9, 2005

SEC. 3. CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH FOR CHILDREN OF NON-CITIZEN, NON-PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS.

(a) In General- Section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:

`(d) For purposes of section 301(a), a person born in the United States shall be considered as `subject to the jurisdiction of the United States´ if --

`(1) the child was born in wedlock in the United States to a parent either of whom is (A) a citizen or national of the United States, or (B) an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and maintains his or her residence (as defined in subsection (a)(33)) in the United States; or

`(2) the child was born out of wedlock in the United States to a mother who is (A) a citizen or national of the United States, or (B) an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and maintains her residence in the United States.

For purposes of this subsection, a child is considered to be `born in wedlock´ only if both parents are married to each other and parents are not considered to be married if such marriage is only a common law marriage.´.

(b) Conforming Amendment- Section 301 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1401) is amended by inserting `(as defined in section 101(d))´ after `subject to the jurisdiction thereof´.

(c) Effective Date- The amendments made by this section shall apply to aliens born on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

[DumpsterDiver]

ping

[clawrence3]

As you and I have discussed on past threads, that legislation would probably be held un-Constitutional. I cannot even find the Rogers v. Belle case mentioned above. Happy Cinco de Mayo : )

[DumpsterDiver]

As you and I have discussed on past threads, that legislation would probably be held un-Constitutional.

I don't remember any discussions on the 14th. You sure they were with me?

I cannot even find the Rogers v. Belle case mentioned above.

That was apparently a typo in the body of the article. In the footnotes it's shown as Rogers v. Bellei.

[afnamvet]

H.R. 698 must be passed to correct a congressional error. The Motor Voter Act must be repealed.

[happygrl]

I have found the INS "local office" employees to be among the most arrogant, "power tripping" bureaucrats I have ever encountered.

[last american]

4TH Amendment

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside."

Babies born to illegal alien mothers within U.S. borders are called anchor babies because under the 1965 immigration Act, they act as an anchor that pulls the illegal alien mother and eventually a host of other relatives into permanent U.S. residency. (Jackpot babies is another term).

The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 to protect the rights of native-born Black Americans, whose rights were being denied as recently-freed slaves. In 1866, Senator Jacob Howard clearly spelled out the intent of the 14th Amendment by writing:

"Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. It settles the great question of citizenship and removes all doubt as to what persons are or are not citizens of the United States. This has long been a great desideratum in the jurisprudence and legislation of this country."

[Scothia]

What really makes me angry is that they make it so difficult for people trying to do it the legal proper way and then turn around and let illegals flock in without any questions at all.

Your story sure hit a chord with me! In our case, they kept changing their demands. We'd send all the paperwork and fees. They'd lose them and take six months to tell us we had to replace them. We'd send another set. Another six months and we'd hear, "Well, now we don't need ___ anymore; we need ___." More papers. More money. More days spent on hold trying to call, or trips to Buffalo and New York City. Weeks, months, years. Then we had to move to California, and it started all over again. Buffalo couldn't be trusted to ship the papers to San Francisco; apparently everything got lost and we were at Square One again. By then requirements had changed. All the money we'd spent for translation of her Brazilian documents (which we could've done ourselves for free, but NO, that wasn't good enough)? Had to be done again. All original documents from two countries to be replaced and notarized...again. Duplicates, triplicates...no! That was last week! This week, they have to be triplicates and duplicates! Drive to San Jose; wait four hours for appointment to find out it was cancelled. More fees. More pictures, since she'd outgrown the others. More waiting.

Finally took a letter from Sam Farr's office (our district...sighhhh...) and within two weeks, we had our final face-to-face. I don't credit Farr for this, but some nice person who works for him sent off a letter on our behalf. I often wanted to throw a hissy like you did, but with our luck we would've been arrested or something.

Of course, Sam Farr is Congresscritter-For-Life around here, and he wouldn't give a hoot what I think about anchor babies. But I feel like copying this whole thread and sending it to him.

[GOP Poet]

The Motor-Voter clearly states that "[e]ach State motor vehicle driver's license application (including any renewal application) submitted to the appropriate State motor vehicle authority under State law shall serve as an application for voter registration with respect to elections for Federal office unless the applicant fails to sign the voter registration application." The Clinton Administration applied their famous "don't ask -- don't tell" strategy to the Motor Voter law's implementation by warning Motor Vehicle Department employees not to ask if an applicant is a citizen or tell them that non-citizens cannot vote.

This has to STOP! I had no idea this was being done in a 'legally' federally supported manner. This stuff really needs to get out there in the news. Where are the news stations and papers that spend so much time bashing Bush and the War? Asleep at the wheel, even Fox should be doing a special on this stuff. If regular everyday Americans knew the facts regarding these laws, it would continue to move them to demand change.