Unfortunately, we are entering the era of Trumpism, which means the Constitution isn't worth the paper it is written on anymore. Here is the f'ing Heritage Foundations end-run plan for the 14th Amendment: https://www.heritage.org/the-constitution/commentary/does-the-constitution-mandate-universal-birthright-citizenship-heres To quote: "...the government today needn’t amend the Constitution in order to restrict citizenship for the U.S.-born children of illegal or non-immigrant aliens. It could simply stop abiding by a broad policy never required by the Constitution in the first place." The last sentence is false, but that never stopped them from writing a long paper claiming it's true. Don't rest on what you think is impossible. To these people, who don't respect this country or the Constitution, everything is possible and everything is up for grabs. |
Its part of what makes America great. If you are born here, you are one of us. I realize that there is some degree of "birth tourism," so I could be convinced (perhaps) to exclude babies born to women here on tourist visas, but I think in general birthright citizenship is one of the sources of our country's strength.
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Children of diplomats born in the US are not eligible for US citizenship. |
Children of actively serving diplomats do not get birthright citizenship. |
If they aren't subject to our jurisdiction, how then can we bring them before our courts at all? They either are or they are not; you can't pick and choose for which things they are or aren't. |
Because of diplomatic immunity. You can't take them to court: "not subject to the jurisdiction." |
OP, there are a lot of things we are stuck with because it's very hard to pass a constitutional amendment. It's why you have to register your car, but not your handgun, and why the popular vote doesn't matter. The sooner you accept that, the happier you will be. |
I thought the problems that Republicans have with illegal immigration are 1) criminals coming here and 2) poor people coming here and costing taxpayers money and 3) immigrants taking jobs from our citizens. Birth tourism doesn’t involve any of those. |
Not to say that it doesn't happen, but ICE routinely bars entry to women who try this trick. |
So much this. It CAN happen here. We have just elected a criminal enterprise to run our country. Take nothing for granted. Just because something has always been does not always mean it will always be. Read How Fascism Works On Tyranny How Democracies Die |
The 14th amendment is written worse than most posts on this board.
Its intent was to guarantee blacks and really ancestors or slaves the right to vote and ensure they were treated as actual US citizens. The bozos who wrote did not think about the illegals and tourist birthing having kids here. |
Children born to foreign diplomats are not eligible for US citizenship unless one parent is American. A case in point: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59974939 |
But if that American citizen parent was born overseas, they make them go through all sorts of hoops with regard to years of residency etc. before granting citizenship to the child. |
No, there is a process, paperwork and a fee. There are a lot more "hoops" in the naturalization process for the adult/parent, and child's naturalization is easy in comparison. |