I seem to recall reading that only 30 out of 194 countries in the world do the birthright citizenship thing, and most of the rest are piddling little places. And after also reading that affluent Chinese mothers pay like $50k to take 'vacations' and just coincidentally give birth in the States, it seems more like a law that's being perverted in spirit, especially since it was created to address a different issue entirely that no longer exists.

So I wouldn't lose any sleep if that one went away, and citizenship only came through parents who were citizens or legal naturalization.

It doesn't matter if we have immigration reform or not, as long as there are magnets of this sort, you will always have illegal immigrants coming over the border.

If we rescind the 14th Amendment, then we rescind equal rights for African Americans and the LGBT. Just a head's up here.

They could simply do a new amendment nixing just the birthright citizenship going forward.

Funny how the RW and their sympathizers always want amendments to LIMIT rights instead of INCREASING them.

And on to ignore with you.

But in all the bloviating from the Republican candidates about amending the Constitution, do any of them make that finely nuanced point? Without checking, I'm going to put my marker down on "no." Which indicates to me that they would like to do away with the 14th Amendment in its entirety, which isn't going to happen anyway, but it makes for a neat talking point for voters who don't understand how difficult it is to amend the Constitution, but who are really angry about anchor babies even if they don't know why.

I trust them as much as I would trust a Brit on the open seas with a 13 Colonies born American sailor in 1810. I.E. Not at all.

And after this election, I expect them to have fewer seats in both chambers.

It's sad that there are so many nativists and racists even on the Democratic side.

Just as a reminder: a six year old born in Chicago to undocumented parents from Mexico is as much an American citizen as you are, as Chris Kyle's children are, as Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan themselves were. That child is no less an American citizen than you. And that's a good thing.

to children being born in this country of parents who are not citizens as "voter fraud" by people who vote in numerous precincts or with a different name. Seriously, how many children are being born here by mothers who are not citizens--eleventy billion?

Good gracious, people!

The so-called "crisis" of "anchor babies." What a fucking joke. People have no shame or decency anymore.

I am an American citizen by birth even though I was not born here. And my parents were not even married. But my real father went to the American Embassy in Vienna and registered my birth as the father.

With over 300,000,000 million people in the US, just how many are anchor babies. And how many of those wanting to do this had ancestors that were not citizens when their children were born here?

If this 'law' they want to pass is more than 4 sentences long - I think the fix is in to f*ck over an awful lot of tax payers and citizens.

I do not trust the Republicans.

It ought to but I can imagine the remaining Kum-bai-ya members of many state and national Democratic organizations passing on the chance to hammer the GOP over this issue and hammer them hard, especially when running an evil-minded ad showing second-generation Hispanics in this country being arrested in Gestapo-style raids and being deported as a result of such legislation.

The Democratic Party still has too many pussyfooters who want to play nice with sociopaths.

This issue will be brought up early and often

Here in San Antonio, TX I've talked to several Latinos that LOVE the Hump. These are my co-workers of which at least two are here illegally. Go figure.

of 'welfare queens', the 'scourge' of gay and lesbian marriages, the 'scourge' of seniors on Social Security and Medicare, and on and on and on.

Be afraid of the 'scourge'. Be afraid. Be afraid. THEY (immigrants, poor people, minorities, gays and lesbians and on and on) are out to get US. Be afraid! Be very afraid!

I'm thinking most of the US will end up getting deported under President Trump.

Beating up babies is still wrong unless that baby is an Anchor baby. If so, kick away!

I'm going to a "Kick that Anchor Baby" preseason football party this week end and bought a new pair of Red Wing boots for the occasion. This Anchor Baby kicking thing also spurs the consumer driven economy! A win win for racists across the country! Weeeeeee!!!!











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citizenship is like handing a grenade to a toddler. Who else will they decide is legally an unperson?

Corporate personhood as our ACTIVIST corporate courts in rulings like Bank of Boston vs. Bellotti and Citizen's United, used the more nebulous wording in the 14th amendment that didn't appropriately put "natural" in front of the term person in that amendment to allow these corporatist judges on the court since then to say that corporations as "persons" (since they are "artificial" persons in other laws) had the same rights as citizens.

http://www.amendmentgazette.com/are-corporations-people/

If they try to repeal the 14th amendment, perhaps a lot of letters should be written to corporate lobby firms, etc. that Steve King, etc. is looking to take away their "rights" by tearing down the basis for their corporate personhood rights if they were to repeal this amendment.

Perhaps not the reasons we might want to use to help protect the 14th amendment, but could help us get those like King who want to tear it down for the wrong reasons to have their heads on a chopping block, so that we can just revise that wording later to tear down citizen's united and leave that amendment intact otherwise.

They'd probably rather repeal the 14th Amendment to end the scourge of "gay marriages," "black people using the white people's restrooms," and "women getting high-paying jobs that should go to men." Keeping Mexicans from running to Arizona to have their bebbies on American soil so they can draw those huge Welfare Checks is just a side benefit.