Ending Birthright Citizenship Could Increase Undocumented Population

alp227

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Wed Sep-08-10 10:27 PM
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Ending Birthright Citizenship Could Increase Undocumented Population

There have been plenty of arguments against this summer�s calls to end birthright citizenship: They were called racist, bad politics and political posturing. But ending birthright citizenship is also bad policy for those who want to decrease the population of illegal immigrants � because it has the exact opposite effect. The nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute reported today that even the most conservative changes to birthright citizen could cause the proportion of children without documents to double, from 2% of all children living in the U.S. to 4%.

Read more (including links to sources): http://washingtonindependent.com/96898/ending-birthright-citizenship-could-increase-undocumented-population

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Gman

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Wed Sep-08-10 10:33 PM
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1. Not to mention it reinstates the Dred Scott decision

and I think that needs to be the argument along with a brief explanation of the decision.

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mzteris

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Wed Sep-08-10 10:40 PM
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2. uneducated, unvaccinated, untreated (illnesses),

more abused, neglected, forgotten, drugs, alcohol, gangs, teen-pregnancy, illiterate in two languages . . .

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