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    "Birthright Citizenship Alignment Act" (AZ)

    Proposals would put limits on citizenship for newborns

    By Paul Davenport
    The Associated Press
    Tucson, Arizona | Published: 12.04.2007

    PHOENIX: Arizona voters may be asked to decide whether to
    prohibit the state from issuing birth certificates to children of
    non-U.S. citizens and require hospitals to check the citizenship of
    parents of newborns.

    Those are key provisions of a proposed initiative filed Friday for
    possible inclusion on the November 2008 ballot, and a leading
    legislative critic of illegal immigration says he plans similar but
    separate legislation to take the issue to voters.

    Della Montgomery, the woman who filed the proposed initiative with the
    Secretary of State's Office, did not immediately return a call for
    comment Monday, but the proposed "Birthright Citizenship Alignment Act"
    appears to be aimed at illegal immigration.

    "They are awarding the full privileges of United States citizenship of
    all persons born in the state without regard for the clear and equal
    requirements of federal law that a person born in the United States,
    shall citizenship be bestowed, shall not be subject to any foreign power
    and owe direct and immediate allegiance to the United States," the
    proposed initiative's declaration of purpose states.

    Some critics of illegal immigration contend that the U.S. Constitution's
    14th Amendment has been misapplied and was never intended to
    automatically grant citizenship to babies of illegal immigrants.
    The constitutional provision was enacted after the Civil War and was
    meant to apply to former slaves, said Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa. "It
    has nothing to do with aliens."

    Supporters of the proposed initiative would need to submit signatures of
    at least 153,365 voters by July 3 to qualify the measure for the ballot,
    while legislative approval alone would be enough to put a referendum
    being drafted by Pearce on the ballot.

    While generally banning issuance of birth certificates to non-citizens,
    the measure would permit one to be issued to a child whose mother is a
    foreign citizen and whose father is a U.S. citizen if the father
    formally acknowledges parentage and agrees in writing to financially
    support the child until adulthood.

    The initiative also would require that hospitals submit "certified
    documentation of the parents' United States legal status" to local
    registrars with birth certificates for newborns.

    Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association officials did not
    immediately return a call for comment.

    Pearce said he has no involvement with the initiative campaign other
    than to twice speak on the phone with the applicant, Montgomery, to
    review her proposed wording.

    "I helped tweak it a little bit," he said. "What she gave me looked
    pretty good."

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    This MUST be changed if we are ever to gain any control.

    Here is a Constitution scholar's article on the subject:

    http://federalistblog.us/2007/09/revisi ... on.html?go

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    We need to go back 20 years on these illegal's. These people have SSN's now and are using them for ID fraud.
    <div>''Life's tough......it's even tougher if you're stupid.''
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    Supporters of the proposed initiative would need to submit signatures of at least 153,365 voters by July 3 to qualify the measure for the ballot, while legislative approval alone would be enough to put a referendum being drafted by Pearce on the ballot.
    This would be a beautiful, precedent-setting birthday gift for me (I missed sharing my bday with my country by an hour )

    Besides, I know Save Our State is having a protest in LA on July 4th, and Voice of the People USA, along with other groups, are having a protest in TX in July!

    In 2007, The Fourth of July celebrations were especially meaningful to us because we had defeated the shamnesty bill a few days before! It would be an even bigger thrill this year!

    Hey amBush, free those INNOCENT Border Patrol Agents and throw CriminaLibby in jail where he belongs!!!
    Proud wife of an undocumented ICE agent.
    Definition of a RACIST according to Madeline Cosman : Real American Committed to Integrity Sovereignty and Truth

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    Illegal aliens remain exempt from American laws, while they DEMAND American rights...

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