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[quote=Anonymous][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]
 I recently did some digging and basically if you look at the past 120 years, the number of immigrants relative to the population averaged 5x as many per year from 1900-1960 as from 1960-2020. Of course, the graph is very uneven. But in terms of overall averages we are FAR less willing to provide legal immigration than in the past and I do believe it is to our detriment. Opening more doors to legal immigration could also address illegal immigration. [/quote]

Agree, legal immigration has been a dismal process and no administration has made any efforts to address legal immigration.  It’s a decade plus process, with numerous road blocks and high expenses, and there are almost no categories to apply for, at least for anyone coming from a country that is not in turmoil.   On the other hand, for the last several decades, illegal immigration has been the easiest of perhaps any country on Earth, with unparalleled benefits to any country on Earth.   So… you get what you advertise for. [/quote]

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