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To: CottonBall
It's not at all vague, especially since it's been the topic of this thread.

The topic of the thread is birthright citizenship.

Just because someone is born a US citizen on US soil does not mean that their parents cannot be deported. Presumably "anchor baby" means the notion that an infant born on American soil makes his parents magically not subject to deportation because of their child's nationality. That is a separate legal issue, if that is what you mean by "anchor baby."

A simple "Yes, I am for amnesty" would've sufficed.

Allow me to enhance your vocabulary.

"Amnesty" means complete forgiveness: a recipient of amnesty is not punished for a crime and his crime does not go on his record.

The plan I outlined includes the payment of back taxes with penalties, as well as punishments for the crime committed including probation, fines and delayed naturalization eligibility, as well as a perpetual mark on the perpetrator's record and a permanent filing of his DNA and fingerprints in the criminal justice system.

113 posted on 12/02/2007 8:47:50 AM PST by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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To: wideawake

“Anchor baby” and “Amnesty” are terms you can twist so that you don’t sound like you are for what you are for. Your definitions are the same as Bush and Guiliani. But the rest of us understand that if someone who broke our laws to get here is allowed to stay here - that is amnesty. That is why the last 3 or 4 amnesty bills failed, even though the word “amnesty” was never in them and those that touted them were for ‘comprehensive immigration reform’. The American people understood the difference and knew they were being lied to.

So you need to quit lying to yourself and just accept that you are for amnesty and for anchor babies. (Which, BTW, means that the family gets welfare and food stamps and free medical, all at taxpayer’s expense - the term never had anything to do with deportation, but with free handouts. The term was used even when deportations were common.)


123 posted on 12/02/2007 9:51:44 AM PST by CottonBall
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