I am going to guess that the states cannot decide who is an American citizen but they do make the rules on what goes on birth certificates which are used to prove citizenship. (Beyong the claim that the 14th amendment makes them citizens.)
Arent children of Mexican illegals automatically given Mexican citizenship too? dual citizenship? This makes no sense for us to allow this.
RE :”PHOENIX — Emboldened by passage of the nation’s toughest law against illegal immigration, the Arizona politician who sponsored the measure now wants to deny U.S. citizenship to children born in this country to undocumented parents. Legal scholars laugh out loud at Republican state Sen. Russell Pearce’s proposal and warn that it would be blatantly unconstitutional, since the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to anyone born in the U.S...The 14th Amendment, adopted in 1868 in the aftermath of the Civil War, reads: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” But Pearce argues that the amendment was meant to protect black people. “It’s been hijacked and abused,” he said. “There is no provision in the 14th Amendment for the declaration of citizenship to children born here to illegal aliens.”
I am going to guess that the states cannot decide who is an American citizen but they do make the rules on what goes on birth certificates which are used to prove citizenship. (Beyong the claim that the 14th amendment makes them citizens.)
Arent children of Mexican illegals automatically given Mexican citizenship too? dual citizenship? This makes no sense for us to allow this.
Their status should be the same as the parents, nothing more for these ungrateful people.
Glad to see this addressed.