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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am against it and always have been. Children born to legal immigrants is acceptable even if they don't become American citizens.

But the issues that come from the so called 'anchor babies' cannot be solved under the current law unless an interpretation of the 14th amendment "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States [b]and of the State wherein they reside.[/b]" is done. My belief is that it does not address illegal immigrants and that the amendment went more to the issue of naturalizing former slaves.[/quote]

One could interpret that anchor babies don't actually "reside" in the State into which they are born, considering that their mothers are on a tourist visa. The mother has not established residency.

I'd be open to changing the 14th Amendment to make this clearer.

This is just another instance in which the Constitution and Bill of Rights are an outdated mess.

-Hard left liberal[/quote]

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