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yellowcanine

(35,694 posts) Tue Oct 6, 2015, 09:41 AM Oct 2015

Texas denying copies of birth certificates to immigrant parents.

Texas is making it difficult for immigrant parents lacking "proper IDs" to get copies of birth certificates of their children, who are U.S. citizens according to the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/18/us/illegal-immigrant-birth-certificates.html?_r=0

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Texas denying copies of birth certificates to immigrant parents. (Original Post) yellowcanine Oct 2015 OP

"nativist sentiments are being turned into nativist policies". That says it all about GOP politics. pampango Oct 2015 #1

Hum, hate grows in the religious right RW officials refusing to furnish records, I wonder about the Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #2

FOIA not necessary. Parents always have the right to their children's records. yellowcanine Oct 2015 #3

Texas is going to lose another lawsuit Gothmog Oct 2015 #4

pampango

(24,692 posts)

1. "nativist sentiments are being turned into nativist policies". That says it all about GOP politics.

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 09:51 AM

Oct 2015

If they cannot change a law or the constitution, they figure out a way to make life difficult for minorities and women anyway.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

2. Hum, hate grows in the religious right RW officials refusing to furnish records, I wonder about the

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 09:54 AM

Oct 2015

freedom of information act if it would be appropriate in this case.

yellowcanine

(35,694 posts)

3. FOIA not necessary. Parents always have the right to their children's records.

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 10:58 AM

Oct 2015

Problem is, Texas is reprising the voter id bs and saying that IDs issued by the Mexican consulates are not adequate proof of who the person is so they will not release the birth certificate. There is a lawsuit on behalf of the parents which Texas most surely will lose, thus pissing away some more taxpayer money on their little racist agendas.

Gothmog

(144,951 posts)

4. Texas is going to lose another lawsuit

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 12:13 PM

Oct 2015

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