Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Anchor Babies and Immigration - Again

In the Congress in the 1980s amnesty was granted to 2.5
million illegal aliens as part of a compromise to close
loopholes in immigration laws. Employers of illegals
would suffer severe fines and possible imprisonment.
Unfortunately only the amnesty of illegals was real.
The laws have not been enforced because politicians need
votes to stay in office. Even though they take an oath to
"support and defend the Constitution against all enemies
foreign and domestic", they choose to protect themselves at
the sacrifice of the Constitution and the rule of law.
Congress should immediately pass the following:
Citizenship shall not be granted on the basis of an illegal
act.
This will make the 14th Amendment more clear. It
currently has two requirements for citizenship:
1) All persons born or naturalized in the United States,
and
2) subject to the jurisdiction thereof
It is clear to me that a pregnant female who enters the
United States illegally for the purpose of having the baby
born in the United States is not subject to the jurisdiction
thereof!
It is clear that all babies born under such illegal
circumstances are not citizens. Lindsey Graham is wrong to
grandfather these pawns of criminals. We welcome legal
immigrants, but we are a nation of laws - although the Federal
Government seems to have forgotten that.
Consider the absurdity of the wife of an Ambassador to
the United Nations or other foreign diplomat gaining
citizenship for her newborn. Diplomats are not subject to the
jurisdiction thereof. They and their families have "diplomatic
immunity." Those who enter the United States illegally are
also not subject to the jurisdiction thereof. By their actions
they reject that jurisdiction!

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