[Milton Miteybad]

From the article: "The case doesn’t directly challenge that policy, though the plaintiffs said the effect of not being able to obtain their children’s birth certificates was the same as having citizenship denied.

Not at all. The children have the same citizenship as that of their parents. The children are indeed citizens of somewhere...maybe not the U.S., but if nothing else, they would be able to claim the same citizenship and dear old Mom and Dad.

[jazusamo]

Bump.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Not at all. The children have the same citizenship as that of their parents. The children are indeed citizens of somewhere...maybe not the U.S., but if nothing else, they would be able to claim the same citizenship and dear old Mom and Dad.

We are talking here about children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrant parents. Under the current statute, those children are U.S. citizens.

There may be some debate about whether the 14th Amendment requires that result or not, but until Congress changes the law, we will never know. Under current law, those children are U.S. citizens.

Texas is not denying the children's citizenship; the issue in the lawsuit is what ID the parents need to show to prove they are in fact the parents of that child.