The lawsuit, which was reported by the Texas Observer earlier this week, claims these children are being discriminated against because of a parent’s tenuous immigration status. Without official proof of the parent-child relationship, the children have been unable to enroll in school, have had difficulty obtaining medical care and other benefits they should be eligible to receive as U.S. citizens.
By denying them birth certificates, the lawsuit alleges, the state has created a “category of second-class citizens.”
I guess it’s a _little_ like reading The Onion...
Children always suffer when their parents are criminals. I'm sure when a guy rapes, murders, or robs a bank and we throw him in jail, his children suffer. But that's the fault of the parent. Why can't people see this?