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The Children of Illegal Immigrants Are Not Born American Citizens
Canada Free Press ^ | 08/27/15 | Tim Dunkin

Posted on 08/27/2015 6:39:12 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony

Anchor Babies, Common Law, The Constitution, Eliminate birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants

Once again, Donald Trump has managed to open up a robust national discussion about an issue that up to this point had been largely ignored by the political class. This time, the discussion is about so-called “birthright citizenship,” the idea that whenever a foreign national (regardless of legal status and with a very few exceptions) has a child on American soil, this child automatically becomes an American citizen from birth. This approach to citizenship has been the de facto (though not de jure) approach to the issue of “anchor babies,” the children of illegal aliens who come to the United States so that they can have their children here, thus allowing the parents to remain as well, usually helping themselves to generous American benefit monies.

Defenders of unrestricted birthright citizenship - primarily found among liberals, establishment GOP types, and the more uninformed types of libertarians—adamantly argue from the 14th amendment’s Citizenship Clause that birthright citizenship is not only legal, but is in fact constitutionally protected, and is what the 14th amendment has meant all along. They often try to buttress their arguments by appealing to English common law with its historical provisions for birthright citizenship. However, is this sort of “swim a river, fill our quiver” approach really what the 14th amendment meant? Is it really what English common law, which forms the basis for much of our own law and constitutional interpretation, historically upheld? The answer to these questions is, “No.”

The crux about which the discussion revolves is the Citizenship Clause found in the 14th amendment, Section 1,


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; anchorbabies; birthright; citizenship; commonlaw; constitution

1 posted on 08/27/2015 6:39:12 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
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To: Sean_Anthony

I just love the Canada Free Press. They put some of our so-called conservative publications (National Review, etc...) to shame.


2 posted on 08/27/2015 6:41:06 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Agree! 💕
3 posted on 08/27/2015 6:58:23 PM PDT by Lopeover (2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States)
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To: Sean_Anthony

The children of American Citizens, especially Whites and Asians are the ones the left demonizes.


4 posted on 08/27/2015 7:05:17 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For views of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

Authoritative and very well written—have yet to see its like in National Review.


5 posted on 08/27/2015 7:12:23 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Sean_Anthony

If the 14th means all born within the borders are citizens, why use the under the jurisdiction language at all?


6 posted on 08/27/2015 7:23:36 PM PDT by umgud
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To: umgud

The jurisdiction clause excludes families of foreign diplomats, along with Indians living in tribal groups (who did not get US citizenship until the 1920s)...as opposed to individual American Indians who were living as part of the general society.


7 posted on 08/28/2015 8:46:26 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Sean_Anthony

Enemies of this country, enemies from within have worked tirelessly to marginalize the U.S. constitution for decades.

The perversion of the 14th amendment is a perfect example of this attack on our founding documents.

It is insane.


8 posted on 08/28/2015 11:32:46 AM PDT by servantboy777
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