If you’re born here you should get a birth certificate. I really don’t see how Texas can get away with this.
I don’t like the anchor baby crap but being born here makes on a citizen. There’s no getting around it.
Are children born of invading Mexicans truly “subject to the jurisdiction [US] thereof?”
“There’s no getting around it.”
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Sure there is. Obama doesn’t obey laws that he doesn’t like.
Texas should do the same.
Diplomats of children born here are not citizens. They are not awarded U.S. Citizenship at birth and their consulates or embassies are expected to issue the proper documentation for their citizens. Why should illegal invaders be given citizenship? Certainly they are even less deserving since they are not legally in the country to begin with .
The 14th amendment was designed for freed slaves, not illegal invaders to use as a way of securing government largess for themselves and their offspring.
You are absolutely correct. Which is why we need to make repeal of the natural born citizenship clause in the 14th amendment an urgent priority. But sadly it is there, and it is crystal clear. Conservatives cannot preach respect for the rule of law and constitutional government while ignoring something this clear.
They are US citizens. It’s not right. But it’s the law. Texas needs to issue them birth certificates. End of discussion.
What part of inadequate documentation are you not getting? Just wondering.
Ho ho ho, you are opening a can of worms there. /grin
Note: "without valid identification documents". That's not an insignificant point.
You’re really a sad American, you know that?
An illegal alien’s offspring is not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. If everyone born in the US is automatically a citizen, why would they even mention jurisdiction? They could have simply written, “Everyone born in the USA is a citizen!”
Not citizens, not legal, no citizenship-giving birth certificates. Confirm information to their home country for them to issue a birth certificate. End the misuse of the 14th amendment. Good to see Texas taking a step in the right direction on this (even though they may lose in court).
See my post no. 12.
If you’re born here you should get a birth certificate. I really don’t see how Texas can get away with this.
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People born in Texas DO get birth certificates. They are done by the hospitals.
The illegals filing the suit have no documentation that proves their kids were born in Texas OR the US.
These US born anchor citizens are legally entitled to their birth certificates and could get them - when they are of legal age, or via a legally-appointed guardian.
The problem here comes with the parents, NOT US Citizens - ILLEGALS, in meeting their valid proof of identity and origin (i.e., the Texas State Department of Vital Records has said a Mexican consular ID is not an original and valid document).
I agree with the DVR. The kids can wait or they can get a guardian who is legal and provides the proper legal documents.
“I don’t like the anchor baby crap but being born here makes on a citizen. There’s no getting around it.”
Not originally. “Anchor baby” is a relatively recent concept, and was created out of thin air, much like the “right to privacy” that was interpreted into the Constitution, but, of course, in actuality it isn’t there. They used that fictional Constitutional “right to privacy” to legalize abortion.
Sorry, but the 14th Amendment and Wong Arc make it clear that the parents must have legal US residency for there to be birthright citizenship for children.
Throughout US Law there is the principal that you cannot legally gain from an illegal act. Breaking immigration laws is therefore a reason for both the parents and the child to be denied citizenship........
Nonsense. "Subject to the jurisdiction thereof" eliminates an invader's child's citizenship. These are foreign nationals. Their offspring are subject to Mexican jurisdiction, not American. If the Mexican Ambassador's wife gave birth in a NYC hospital, would anyone ever argue the child was American? Preposterous. All the more preposterous that a pregnant Mexican here ILLEGALLY, who merely spreads her legs and drops a baby a mile across the border has created a new American citizen.
Name another country that does this?