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That 1982 Supreme Court ruling is the reason we need Constitutional amendments like the following to try to control illegal immigration:
1. "School attendance: Only citizens, legal residents, those with special student visas can attend elementary, high school, and colleges in the United States."
2. "One parent must be a citizen before a newborn child is given automatic citizenship."
3. Felony: We must finally declare that crossing the border illegally is a felony.
Illegal parents come to the United States for the wonderful benefits that their children can receive, like a quality education and great health care. Can you blame them for making the dangerous, long trip with their young children, or sending their children by themselves with the hope that the United States will automatically let them stay?
I don't understand how a child can illegally cross the southern border one day and automatically be eligible to enroll in public school the next day. That is wrong.
Path to citizenship? Over the last several decades, millions have been here and have been having children born here. Every day more of those children become old enough to vote here. They don't need a path to citizenship because they are citizens by birth. When they're old enough, they can even run for president.
Each and every day, more are born right here. Each is a citizen. They will all be here long after their parents are deported or die. And, they are now beginning to have children of their own. Born here. Citizens by birth.
It's baked into the cake and it's getting worse each day.