Posted on 06/15/2011 2:45:36 PM PDT by MamaDearest
Snips from Excerpt Only Website: When Liu Li boarded a plane for the United States, she had a little bit of makeup on, was wearing a loose dress, and had her hair up. She tried to hold her handbag in front of her belly in a natural way, just as the middleman had taught her. She was trying to look as calm as any wealthy Chinese lady would look when travelling abroad. But Liu Li couldn't help feeling terribly nervous: she was six months pregnant when she left for the United States, where she wanted to give birth to an American citizen.
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Actually, my maternal side is in Fukuoka, across the spine from Nagasaki. I can assure you that all’s well in Kyushu. In fact, all of Japan except for the Northeast pretty much rode out the worst. Tohoku, of course, is still a mess.
I don’t know why your students haven’t contacted you. The Japanese of old were notorious for letting correspondences slip. I would suggest trying to reach them yourself, if you can.
Sorry if I sounded harsh about the typo. I can never let a chance for ribbing slip!
I know what you mean. I have to really watch it because I have a terrible sarcasm gene.
Thankfully, neither of you is into puns!
“If we’re going to change the principle that children born on American soil are entitled to American citizenship with very few exceptions (basically foreign diplomats and foreign military personnel sent here on official business by their governments), it would change American immigration law dating back at least to the late 1800s and probably earlier. It may require a change in the Constitution.”
The 14th Amendment says: “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.” An amendment intended to establish civil rights for slaves was perverted by the Supreme Court in Wong Ark into establishing jus soli in the U.S. so that cheap Chinese labor couldn’t be exported. A Constitutional change shouldn’t be necessary—but of course, you’re ultimately right that it is, if only because the SCOTUS has ignored the clear restricting language and history of the law.
("anchor babies" in Chinese)...
定錨嬰兒？不要!! ("NO anchor babies!" in Chinese)
(no photos PLEASE)
You are, of course, correct about the history of the interpretation and application of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Here’s a link to the text of the Supreme Court decision (and the minority dissent) in the US v Wong Kim Ark case:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0169_0649_ZS.html
There’s no realistic way to change this 1898 decision apart from a constitutional amendment since the Supreme Court specifically declared that the Congress has no power to make laws (such as the Chinese Exclusion Act) which deny citizen status to people born on American soil whose parents are not here in an official capacity representing a foreign government.
Personally I think we’ve got worse problems to worry about than wealthy Chinese women coming to America to have “anchor babies,” but I know there will be some on Free Republic who place a much higher priority on immigration issues. That’s fine and I respect their choice of priorities. All of us can’t fight equally hard on all issues.
From what I understand most Chinese come hear to give their children a future option...like attending school here. They have better middle class lives in China than our middle class.
Does this mean that Atras is Shrugging?
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