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To: Happy2BMe
The wonderful thing about this is it could be the slippery slope we are looking for. Since it only affects the children of ILLEGAL immigrants, babies born to people here who waited in line for the proper visas would be welcome Americans. So would the babies of tourists. But babies of ILLEGALS would not become citizens.

This may be the first step to get the focus on the word "illegal" again, and might lead to other laws, such as not providing schooling to people who are not residents. And someone here illegally could be determined NOT to be a resident. Cool.

Could you imagine the pregnant illegal, going in to have her baby, and being explained to in Spanish, "This is your obstetrician. He will deliver your baby for free. This here is your pediatrician. He will make sure your baby is healthy, for free. And here is your immigration control officer. He will escort your baby back to Mexico for free."

46 posted on 03/02/2005 9:59:25 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle
So would the babies of tourists.

No, not according to the story. It says that only children of citizens or resident aliens would be citizens. Since tourists don't have residency - they're expected to leave within a certain time frame - their children born here would not qualify.

122 posted on 03/02/2005 10:52:37 AM PST by Kretek
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