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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a Harris voter. I’d support a hybrid approach; we should maintain birthright citizenship, but only for babies born here to women who were here legally at the time of the birth. No documentation for mom, no citizenship for baby. If mom has a documented case for amnesty pending, baby gets full citizenship as a natural born citizen if/when amnesty is granted. No amnesty for mom, no citizenship for baby.[/quote]

This approach would create many stateless children, which is highly problematic. Where are you going to deport a stateless child to?  The receiving state has to agree to receive them.

Birthright citizenship has a long history in the US, it first applied only to white people, and African American slaves were not considered citizen nor Chinese who were born here during the railroad era.

The Republican desire to revoke birthright citizenship is an attempt to whiten the country. They're not going to be deporting the sones and daughters of Irish, Italian or other illegal white immigrants who were here illegally and had kids.

Plus, many think Rs can't revoke birthright citizenship because it's in the 14th amendment, but there is case law that says birthright citizenship doesn't apply in times of war or invasion. Rs are trying, via rhetoric, to characterize illegal immigration over the Mexican border as "invasion" so that they can get some Trump-appointed judges to suspend some
birthright citizenship under the "invasion" exception.

Sounds crazy, but everyone thought Dobbs would never fall.

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