Birthright Citizenship

[Momto2boys973]

Can you imagine the can of worms that will open up?
I’d like to see these Trumpsters then throw a fit when talks about scratching the 2nd Amendment start becoming a reality. I mean, once one is thrown away as irrelevant, then others will follow.

The concept of "anchor babies" did not exist when the 14th Amendment was written after the Civil War, mainly to assure former slaves of citizenship. Last year, nearly 300,000 Chinese women came to the U.S. to deliver their babies, and many illegal immigrants use the law as well. Legal immigrants should certainly be granted citizenship for their children, but this law is being abused, and should be addressed in Congress.


In my opinion, if a child is born to a parent who is in the country illegally, (again, I'll repeat - ILLEGALLY) then that child should not get automatic citizenship. The parents needs to take the proper steps to make her/himself, and their child legal.

I'm with Trump. Birthright citizenship in the 21st century is frankly ridiculous.

This is my opinion, and while I can appreciate that my opinion is distasteful to the some of you, that does not make me hateful. It's a difference of political opinion. If you feel the need to call names over a difference of political opinion than you're doing it wrong.

“Addressed in Congress” will require a Constitutional Amendment. Good luck with that.

[Deleted User 276]

The concept of "anchor babies" did not exist when the 14th Amendment was written after the Civil War, mainly to assure former slaves of citizenship. Last year, nearly 300,000 Chinese women came to the U.S. to deliver their babies, and many illegal immigrants use the law as well. Legal immigrants should certainly be granted citizenship for their children, but this law is being abused, and should be addressed in Congress.

I would assume that those Chinese women were in the US legally.

[EarlGrayHot]

ONE MORE TIME: the Constitution says it's legal. In the U.S. we follow the Constitution. Our president takes an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and citizens and lawmakers should be doing just that instead of trying to twist and ignore what it says.