The USA is unique in conferring birthright citizenship on the US-born children of illegal immigrants. The 14th Amendment was never written or intended to be used in this way but was written to confer citizenship on former slaves not immigrants.

It has been interpeted by the courts to become immigration policy instead of citizenship policy.

Our immigration policies have allowed millions of immigrants to gain citizenship just because they are related to a citizen.

DED

deadeyedick wrote:

Any baby born on US soil should be a citizen.

Lumpa wrote:

Ummm....NO.

daveincincy wrote:

This does not give any rights whatsoever to anybody else.
If parents aren't legally entitled to be here, then why should citizenship of their child change that?
Hospitals that seek to offer obstetrics to foreigners should be heavily regulated and taxed.

If baby can grow up to be productive enough to create American jobs, then baby can fill those jobs them with whomever baby chooses, subject to immigration paperwork being done.

Lumpa wrote:

Well, then why offer citizenship to any baby born on US soil if the parents are not citizens? And if any child born on US soil can become a citizen, I agree, it should not give any rights to anybody else (i.e. non-citizen parents). But if a child born on US soil can become a citizen simply by being born here, what do you do with the parent(s)? Does the doc say, "the kid can stay, but you gots to go."

daveincincy wrote: