You are not "punishing" a child by not giving them what they are not due. The only way I would be willing to allow them to be citizens is if their parents gave them up for adoption, the adoptive parents are citizens, and the birth parents removed themselves back to Mexico.
Exactly. Well said. There seem to be a plethora of addkebrained liberal posting tonight.
“You are not stripping a child of their citizenship. They are citizens of Mexico, born to 2 parents who are Mexican citizens.”
How is the child a citizen of Mexico when she hasn’t even stepped foot in Mexico. She’s just as much a citizen as anyone.
The parents, yes, they are citizens of Mexico. But the child is an American. Do you think it’s going to help assimilation if people have to wait generations before they become ‘american’? No.
“You are not “punishing” a child by not giving them what they are not due.”
The law as it reads, states that anyone born in America is an American. Period. You are stripping their citizenship away from them for something they have no control. Did they tell their parents to come illegally? No.
“The only way I would be willing to allow them to be citizens is if their parents gave them up for adoption, the adoptive parents are citizens, and the birth parents removed themselves back to Mexico.”
This is precisely what I suggested. The parents have two options. One, give their child up for adoptions to another American citizen, or leave the country. However, the child would still retain their status as an American citizen and would get to choose when they reach the age of majority.
It is not fair to deprive the child of their citizenship for something they are not responsible.