Posted on 06/22/2005 7:30:22 AM PDT by Millee
There's nothing quite as important as timing in politics. A fact that might go unnoticed for years can, at the right moment, help change the direction of national policy.
Consider the issue of anchor babies and what, if anything, should be done about them. Anchor babies, for those not yet familiar with the term, is the description given to babies of illegal immigrants who are delivered in the United States. These babies, under current interpretation of U.S. law, automatically become U.S. citizens and most qualify immediately for a variety of benefits, including Medicaid. Over time, they can open the door to citizenship to other family members.
Last week, there was a flurry of national news stories announcing the current estimate that 300,000 such babies are born each year in this country.
There are, of course, pro-immigration groups whose members wouldn't blink, let alone protest, if the number was 10 times that high. Most people, however, would find the number somewhat shocking. Indeed, the news stories set off a new flurry of debate over whether the existing provisions relating to what is called birthright citizenship can or should be changed.
There is a special intensity in this discussion in some states - including California, Texas and Florida - with high anchor baby populations. But the issue is also being noticed in places like Georgia, where the number of anchor babies doubled from 5,133 in 2000 to 11,180 in 2002. Several years ago in Colorado, the number of such births was estimated at more than 6,000.
A measure pending in Congress would change the Constitution to deny citizenship rights to babies born to illegal immigrants. The proposed amendment is currently given little or no chance of passage but it certainly helps to focus attention on the nature of the problem.
(Excerpt) Read more at denverpost.com ...
Yes, especially after they become strangers in their own country.
'course ... advanced math was always difficult for me...
Aaaawwww, what a cutie! Is he yours?
Only if they survive...
Semper Fi
Bush has been an ABSOLUTE FAILURE on this huge issue!! I realized what his agenda would be in '04, and changed my voter registration to the Constitution Party.
Even if Hillary lies about border issues, all she has to do is promise to solve the illegal immigration program, and bingo, she and her miserable husband will be back in the White House.
I used to have some friends on FR who would encourage my stuff, but alas, they have all been banned, and now I am mostly on my own now. :-)
And yes, I read that post to you the other day where the guy took you to task for joining the Constitution Party. I thought later I should have asked him what do we get when we vote Republican. Do we get conservative judges appointed? Do we get Social Security reform? Do we get illegal immigration reform if we vote Republican? No, no and no.
I had missed it. Ping me when you think of it. Many of us freepers who are against the invasion have mysteriously? disappeared from this forum, but somehow I'm still standing.
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Be Ever Vigilant!
Minutemen Patriots ~ Bump!
newsflash to denver post the 1996 immigration reform pushed by republicans already eliminated anchor babies.
Right now the law sends them ALL back and us born child can come back at 18.
This is why kerry supported the so called "dream act". It is an act to reinstitute the anchor baby as a matter of law.
I wonder what game this reporter is playing.
Naw, just one of those "male models" I saw on a google search for "anchor babies."
Modeling fleece wear.
He is a cutie though. :)
But, if you vote for the Constitution Party, all these things will magically happen?
That would be in my little town. Birth announcements in the town papers 10 Mexicans to one American!!!
I wonder if the same statistical methods used in meteorological rain forecasts apply here? I.E.: Does that mean that 50 percent of the world will experience a WMD attack?
Whoops, wrong thread!
If a person is an American citizen, that person already has their American citizenship, so it can't be denied to him.
Where does that leave this country in 2025?
=========================================
Consider the issue of anchor babies and what, if anything, should be done about them. Anchor babies, for those not yet familiar with the term, is the description given to babies of illegal immigrants who are delivered in the United States. These babies, under current interpretation of U.S. law, automatically become U.S. citizens and most qualify immediately for a variety of benefits, including Medicaid. Over time, they can open the door to citizenship to other family members.Last week, there was a flurry of national news stories announcing the current estimate that 300,000 such babies are born each year in this country.
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads in part:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside."
Babies born to illegal alien mothers within U.S. borders are called anchor babies because under the 1965 immigration Act, they act as an anchor that pulls the illegal alien mother and eventually a host of other relatives into permanent U.S. residency. (Jackpot babies is another term).
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 to protect the rights of native-born Black Americans, whose rights were being denied as recently-freed slaves. In 1866, Senator Jacob Howard clearly spelled out the intent of the 14th Amendment by writing:
"Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. It settles the great question of citizenship and removes all doubt as to what persons are or are not citizens of the United States. This has long been a great desideratum in the jurisprudence and legislation of this country."
The original intent of the 14th Amendment was clearly not to facilitate illegal aliens defying U.S. law at taxpayer expense. Current estimates indicate there may be over 300,000 anchor babies born each year in the U.S., thus causing illegal alien mothers to add more to the U.S. population each year than immigration from all sources in an average year before 1965.
The correct interpretation of the 14th Amendment is that an illegal alien mother is subject to the jurisdiction of her native country, as is her baby.
Over a century ago, the Supreme Court correctly confirmed this restricted interpretation of citizenship in the so-called 'Slaughter-House cases' [83 US 36 (1873)] and in [112 US 94 (1884)]. In Elk v.Wilkins, the phrase 'subject to its jurisdiction' excluded from its operation 'children of ministers, consuls, and citizens of foreign states born within the United States.' In Elk, the American Indian claimant was considered not an American citizen because the law required him to be 'not merely subject in some respect or degree to the jurisdiction of the United States, but completely subject to their political jurisdiction and owing them direct and immediate allegiance.'
Congress subsequently passed a special act to grant full citizenship to American Indians, who were not citizens even through they were born within the borders of the United States. The Citizens Act of 1924, codified in 8USCSß1401, provides that:
The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:
(a) a person born in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof;
(b) a person born in the United States to a member of an Indian, Eskimo, Aleutian, or other aboriginal tribe.
American citizens must be wary of elected politicians voting to illegally extend our generous social benefits to illegal aliens and other criminals.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.