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12-04-2007, 09:13 PM #1
"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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12-04-2007, 09:23 PM #2
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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12-04-2007, 09:43 PM #3
We need to go back 20 years on these illegal's. These people have SSN's now and are using them for ID fraud.
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12-04-2007, 09:58 PM #4
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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.
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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12-04-2007, 11:05 PM #5
Dupe
Original thread:
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-92866-dell ... montgomeryIllegal aliens remain exempt from American laws, while they DEMAND American rights...
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