[Vigilanteman]

Federal law automatically grants citizenship to any person born on American soil, regardless of the immigration status of the child's parents.

Bouvine feces! That's just the way the law has been applied. There are tow specific exceptions:

1. Children born to foreign diplomats here on official business for their home countries.
   
2. Children born to hostile invading or occupying armies.

Since Mexico's official position is that the U.S. Southwest was stolen from them after the Mexican War and actively encourages their nationals to colonize us, I think there is a very good legal basis to exclude Mexicans under category #2 . . . if we had the guts to do so.

I'm also told that children born to parents here on valid visas do not get automatic birthright citizenship unless their parents are permanent residents. In fact, the parents are told to add such children to their passports to ensure there is no confusion in the matter.

So why should children born to illegal aliens get superior treatment to those born to legitimate guests of this country? This is a law which needs to be clarified to rectify the situation, not a new law which needs to be written from scratch.

[353FMG]

“...there is a very good legal basis to exclude Mexicans under category #2...”

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If the law is passed, can it be applied retroactively? That would really be a step in the right direction.

[bgill]

Children born to hostile invading or occupying armies.

Thirty million illegals invading and occupying the US is a very large army.

[kiltie65]

I am so FOR this legislation. Mexican friends have told me coming here and having lots of children born here are part of their program called Reconquista, and it is specifically to take America back without a shot being fired, and they are well on their way to achieve this unless some action is taken now. The 12 million or more Mexicans, already here illegally, I suppose their children born here will have to have an exception made, but future generations need to be cut off at the pass. It’s about time Congress started legislation that the people want, instead of all the programs (Medical reform, Climategate, gov’t ownership of private industry, etc., whose main purpose is to get into our pockets big time) being rammed (or should I say “Rahmmed”) down our throats.

[brytlea]

The answer is easy. They are treated the way they are because it benefits politicians (like the quoted Mr. Baca). Period, end of story.