Right of the Soil (Arizona Civil Rights Conference)

American Rattlesnake ^ | May 20, 2016 | Gerard Perry

[OddLane]

One of the defining features of our society is its strange approach to citizenship. We live in the only major Western nation which operates under a policy of unrestricted jus soli, which means that individuals seeking to acquire American citizenship for their children need only birth them on United States soil in order to do so, even if they have no tangible ties to this country. The absurdity of this situation becomes evident when you realize that nearly 10% of children born in any given year have parents who are illegal aliens.

The fact that this warped approach to citizenship is finally starting to be challenged in the public sphere is an encouraging sign. The Arizona Civil Rights Conference aims to question some of the assumptions underlying birthright citizenship and the dubious historical case for open borders...

[ridesthemiles]

By me calculations, there are about 55 MILLION illegals in the USA today. Approximately one in six person here now.

Far more than 11 million.

[FreedomNotSafety]

It made sense and still could. The US cannot be great without people. Lots of people. But a free and prosperous people. We needed people to come and settle our lands before some other country did. We only offered them a chance to work and live their lives as they saw fit unmolested by an all powerful government. They came and generated enourmous wealth and our country prospered. Essentially you worked or died but what you earned was yours.

Now? We have an all powerful fascist state that is hell bent on impoverishing its citizens into submission. More people means less for each of us as we divvy up the ever shrinking pool of wealth.

[centurion316]

Since the adoption of the 14th Amendment, all persons, except children of diplomats, born on U.S. soil are citizens. The only available remedy is another amendment to the U.S. Constitution.