Reply to Why is there so much opposition to ending birthright citizenship?

Forum Index » Political Discussion

Reply to "Why is there so much opposition to ending birthright citizenship?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When virtually every other sane first world country doesn't have it? For starters, Spain, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Greece, Australia, Japan, Singapore, China, Colombia, nor the Czech Republic and any of the many other countries liberals say they're going to move to do not have birth right citizenship.  What Trump is proposing isn't extreme at all, so why is there resistance to enacting common sense reform?  It's also funny too, because as these elections showed, many coming over the border who eventually establish themselves aren't even Democratic voters either, so the Dems may actually seriously want to rethink they're immigration and citizenship policies before they blindly stand up for making it extremely easy for letting in millions of super catholic people who are now showing to be socially conservative and supporters of traditional family values.  There was a time when the 14th amendment served a purpose, but it is the year 2024.  Birthright citizenship is now much more of a security liability than anything.  Why shouldn't we end it when most of the countries liberals espouse and hold up as role models don't even have it? [/quote]

NP. I think birthright citizenship is what has caused this country to become the massive economic engine it is. None of the countries you list has the economic productivity that the US does.

I’m actually fine with socially conservative immigrants voting. Voting is good overall, in the long term. People with a citizenship stake become more productive and after a few
 generations, they assimilate. [/quote]

China's GDP has grown faster than the US' for decades, and they don't have birthright citizenship, so that argument is weak.

Removal of birthright citizenship does not mean immigration will stop, we will still accept immigrants from coming in and they will keep contributing to our economy.  You shouldn't conflate the two.  They are free to obtain permanent residency and apply for citizenship for themselves and their kids.  Just like almost every other country on Earth does. 
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics