It also states we eliminate birthright citizenship if I read it right. That right there is a big enough “plus” to outweigh some minuses.
...”eliminate birthright citizenship”...
They say that “Congress should do something” about it.
They are right.
They are not saying that it should be decided BEFORE their other policies are put in place. They basically call for an open border, albeit with Red-Card in hand, so their policies would ensure another million or so anchor babies in short order.
I agree insofar as correcting the probably-wrong Supreme Court interpretation that gave us birthright citizenship would be a great thing; it would cut off a HUGE magnet for illegal immigration, plus the often-overlooked “birth tourism” by legal visitors.
But that correction will take a good chunk of time, if it’s even possible at all. We need a 2/3 vote by both chambers of Congress — would we even get that in the House today, let alone Reid’s Senate? — and 3/4 of the states’ legislatures, also very unlikely. Possible, but unlikely. And it’d take years to get it done.
Sure, once it IS done, and once the border is truly secure (.. another matter that will take years), then we can talk about selecting some long-residing “angel” illegal immigrants and allowing them to go unpunished. Sure. But only AFTER those two things.
Meanwhile, we (IMO) need to be strict in enforcing the law, lest we entice more folks to become illegal immigrants. “So long as they don’t catch me for several years, and I commit no additional crimes, they won’t deport me! They’ll just pass yet another amnesty, especially if I have a couple of US-citizen kids when I AM caught,” goes the thinking, and who can really blame them?