They want to yank your babies, illegals

Closing a citizenship loophole has what to do with "yanking babies"?
 
WinterBorn said:
Closing a citizenship loophole has what to do with "yanking babies"?
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..."GOP leaders of both the House and Senate have said they favor holding hearings on the issue...

We do not need to amend the Constitution to end birthright citizenship,” said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas in a statement..."

...The Constitution reads 'All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States'...

...The key phrase here is 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof'...

Illegal immigrants are not subject to US jurisdiction, said John Eastman, a professor at the Chapman University School of Law...

Their children would share that status, via citizenship in their parents’ nation or nations of birth, and so would not be eligible for a US passport, even if born on US soil, according to Dr. Eastman...

...Furthermore, federal courts have upheld the right of Congress to regulate naturalization policies over and above the basic constitutional guarantee, according to Eastman...

Taken together, he says, all this means lawmakers, if they choose, could deny birthright citizenship to the children of parents here illegally..."






http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politi...hright-citizenship-really-in-the-Constitution
 
odd....that isn't what the local courts would define as "subject to the jurisdiction".......they think anyone present in the state is subject to their jurisdiction.....
 
Mojo said:
..."GOP leaders of both the House and Senate have said they favor holding hearings on the issue...

We do not need to amend the Constitution to end birthright citizenship,” said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas in a statement..."

...The Constitution reads 'All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States'...

...The key phrase here is 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof'...

Illegal immigrants are not subject to US jurisdiction, said John Eastman, a professor at the Chapman University School of Law...

Their children would share that status, via citizenship in their parents’ nation or nations of birth, and so would not be eligible for a US passport, even if born on US soil, according to Dr. Eastman...

...Furthermore, federal courts have upheld the right of Congress to regulate naturalization policies over and above the basic constitutional guarantee, according to Eastman...

Taken together, he says, all this means lawmakers, if they choose, could deny birthright citizenship to the children of parents here illegally..."



http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politi...hright-citizenship-really-in-the-Constitution
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someone needs to go back to law school. Of course, I wouldn't trust but a handful of judges in this entire nation not to subvert the 14th Amendment.
 
Anyone in the US is subject to both federal and state jurisdiction. This is a poor attempt at parsing words. If an undocumented immigrant commits a crime watch how fast they are subject to state or federal jurisdiction.
 
Why cant we just increase our temporary workers visas to meet the needs of both the people coming for jobs and the employers who claim to need these workers?

Why do we have to change who is a citizen?
 
evince said:
Why cant we just increase our temporary workers visas to meet the needs of both the people coming for jobs and the employers who claim to need these workers?

Why do we have to change who is a citizen?
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Is there racism at work in the Tea Party?
 
Mojo said:
Is there racism at work in the Tea Party?
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Do you think the issue of illegal immigration, with all it's side issues, would be significantly different is it were droves of poor Canadians (no offense, Canada, just making a point) who were crossing our borders illegally?
 
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