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I am in the weird position of agreeing entirely with your stuff about religion, agreeing with what SHOULD be the situation re: "anchor babies" but disagreeing with what the Costitution actually says about them. The 14th amendment seems fairly clear that they are citizens. Some freepers have made an interesting argument that the 14th does not confer citizenship because the parents are not "under the jurisdiction" of the US Gov't, as required by the 14th. Either that, or Congress should mandate that the jurisdiction is similar to that of foreign ambassadors, who are subject to their own nation's laws, and not ours.

I am in agreement with the idea (I do not believe that children of illegals should be automatic citizens), but I don't think that idea will pass muster. It is a novel approach, tho.

I think we should do what INS recently did. If a person is busted and being deported, and has a US citizen for a child, that child should be able to return at age 18 as a citizen, or it can stay with another legal resident, but the mom has to go...., if we are going to maintain the current laws on immigration. Of course, you already know my position on whether or not we should allow people in and what we should do to people who are here illegally but "otherwise" would qualify for residency...., but I fear we shall disagree there.

I am not against immigration. I am against illegals living here, no matter their ethnicity, with not only impunity, but receiving benefits of any kind, especially those that are designated for citizens and most especially, special preference over and above those who are, and have been, waiting in line and following the established laws and rules for them to get in.

That rewards bad behavior and encourages still more, not only with the person rewarded, but sets an example for others to also break laws, in anticipation of future "rewards" for their illegal behavior...which has been ongoing now since long before President Reagan bestowed amnesty of millions of illegal aliens. It's ridiculous.