“Way too complicated.”
Much of it (~50%) is exactly or pretty much in the two major bills, Goodlatte’s and the Dream Act.
“And the only Constitutional Amendment that would help: no birthright citizenship for the children of illegals. It doesn’t need to be an Amendment”
Yes, it does need to be an Amendment.
The language of SECTION 1 is perfectly clear on its face.
I also believe the US governments pays for the births of the illegal moms, so obviously it has the jurisdiction required.
The 1987 Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act passed after the 1986 Reagan amnesty establishes clear federal jurisdiction over the US births of illegal foreign moms.
The jurisdiction would exist even if all the federal laws exercising jurisdiction were repealed.
1) Don’t care what’s in Goodlatte’s bill or the “Dream” act, it’s still too complicated. Just reduce ALL immigration to near zero. From 1924 to 1965, it was on the order of 200K/yr, and that was from Northern Europe predominantly - no trouble to assimilate.
2) Flat out wrong. You’re new here so I’ll waste exactly one line on your mistake, but the status of aliens born in the United States can be clarified by the Congress, not requiring a new Amendment. As far back as 2001: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-107hr190ih/pdf/BILLS-107hr190ih.pdf
PS
The Late Great Larry Auster had a good series on Birthright Citizenship and the debates around it.
http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/008462.html
PSPS:
Just because the bureaucracy chooses to pretend it exists doesn’t mean it’s true. Comment: Trump could issue an EO directing the agencies NOT to treat the children of illegals as citizens and that would end THAT practice.