As far as I'm concerned illegal aliens and their children aren't covered by the 14th Amendment. What we need is some good lawyers to take this up and some good judges to rule for us.
Repeal it.
80-95% of the Latinas I see during a normal day's movement are pushing baby carriages. During my lunch hour lately, LOTS more men are pushing baby carriages. The word has long been out that the authorities are unlikely to mess with you if the kiddies are involved. I read on one thread long while back that the BP (?) called this the "baby duck" syndrome. Lots of game playing going on. If I'm here yesterday and want/need to go out, I just borrow my cousin's kids. Sometimes multiple hands on a ding-dong umbrella stroller ... to be on the "safe side" I assume. BTW, who's to say they're not showing up with the same kids to get on assistance?
I view the 14th Amendment as the #1 problem with regard to illegal immigration. The view, right or wrong, is "drop one" and you're "home free"!
When the BP went inland locally (CA) not so long ago and caused such a stir because they were ... uh ... doing their job? Well, the day after has to rate as one of my all-time strangest bus ride days ever. I boarded several buses and was receiving A LOT of attention. I thought maybe I was unbuttoned, unzipped, wearing my clothes inside out, possibly backwards too. I'd sit in the back of the bus and half the bus was rubbernecking to see what I was doing or where I was sitting.
What was happening finally occurred to me on the way back from lunch. I had the seat behind the back door and the woman seated in front of the back door could barely concentrate on her Hola Hoy newspaper ... with a photo of a big bad Border Patrol agent covering the entire front page. It eventually occurred to me that I was being "profiled."
Thanks for posting this.
BTTT
For that matter, how do you know that the children were actually born in America. If one can get a drivers license illegally, a birth certificate shouldn't be too terribly difficult.
This is from memory. I seem to recall that circa 1910 to 1920 immigration law provided that children born in the USA of non-citizen parents were not citizens.
The interesting "flip side" of this??
As an American Citizen, my children are entitled to US Citizenship - however, as my wife is NOT a citizen, it is impossible for me to register them at the consulate, obtain an SSN or to get a passport for my children ON MY OWN! I MUST have her PERMISSION to do so. Thus, the citizenship status of my children is dependant upon the good will of a foreigner!
For the record, this is not a problem in my family. BUT, what kind of government allows the children of illegals to become citizens - no questions asked - but at the same time, by law, allows the above situation??