This would be similar to Australia. In Australia you are a citizen at birth if one of your parents is a citizen or permanent resident. So, it’s a mix of jus sanguini and jus soli. |
Let’s compromise. We can end birthright citizenship when Americans decide they want to do the back breaking work that immigrants (or slaves) have done for centuries. For the same pay, with the same working conditions. |
So you are in favor of illegal aliens coming into this country and undercutting the labor market for native born Americans? Noted. This is why you lost. |
+100 |
DNA test results to prove that the father is a US citizen or legal resident. No genetic proof of parenthood, no citizenship. |
More and more of this work is being automated, so we'll be good. Great, in fact. |
Looks like SUPER MAJORITY of the people agree on doing away with birthright citizenship. Why can't we amend the constitution?
May be this thread should be about what kind of democracy we have. |
The same democracy where the majority wants gun control and abortion rights. |
Well, if we end birthrate citizenship, we can keep people like Elon Musk and Melania out...wait, that sound alike a great idea! |
Yep. This x a million. Should have been abolished long ago. |
Because when it comes to immigration, Democrats have for the past 20 or so years—taken stances that are unpopular and lead to election losses. They love to shoot themselves in the foot. We will never get economic policies that favor the working and middle classes without strictly limiting immigration, and ending things like birthright citizenship. Canada can kinda have because we’re their buffer (they flipped out about getting 50,000 asylum seekers. Meanwhile there were points where we get that in a month). And then, I mean.. the rest of the countries im the New World that have it are also countries where people migrate from to the U.S. This should be priority day one, end via executive order and let it go through the courts. At least TRY. If it ends up needing a constitutional amendment then that’s that. But at least TRY. because it’s ridiculous. Most “mixed status families) where there’s all this fear mongering about deportation—is due to birthright citizenship. Anyone with a brain can see the ridiculousness of “oh we can’t end TPS because they’ve built lives here”, “oh we cant deport families because some of them are citizens”, “oh we cant deport people who have bought houses and built businesses” ALLMOF THESE THINGS ARE BECAUSE OUR LAWS ENCOURAGE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION! Lets not give citizenship to kids of parents who have no right to be here,lets not encourage home loans to undocumented individuals, lets not continuously expand “temporary” to mean decades. It’s just ridiculous. |
That have nothing to do with birthright citizenship?… they were not born here. |
We should do all of the above. Now. |
No it isn’t. Vast majority of countries do NOT have citizenship by birth. It makes zero sense. |
Enjoy your illegal immigration continued big mess |