Thread: End Birthright Citizenship

Investor's Business Daily
January 18, 2011
NATIONAL EDITION

End Birthright Citizenship

In a recent On The Left column, "The Distraction of Birthright Citizenship," Edward Schumacher-Matos calls for a way to end illegal immigration but then demeans attempts to end the policy of birth citizenship that would reduce illegal immigration.

There is no doubt that employment in the U.S. is the main draw for illegal immigrants. However, U.S. citizenship for their children is also a huge motive to enter our country.

This past July, the Washington Post ran a front-page story about the "birth tourism" industry titled "For Many Pregnant Chinese, a U.S. Passport for Baby Remains a Powerful Lure." And while the couples in the article came here on legal visas, they did so solely because their child would have U.S. citizenship.

This same mentality spills over into the illegal immigrant population. Congress can and should act to end birth citizenship for three reasons:

1. No Supreme Court case has dealt directly with the offspring of illegal immigrants and the question of automatic citizenship.

2. The Constitution expressly gives Congress the power to decide national immigration policies.

3. During the debate on the 14th Amendment in 1866, the senator who was the author said it would "not of course include persons born in the United States who are foreigners."

Congress is long overdue in making sure the 14th Amendment is correctly interpreted.

In many large U.S. cities, such as Dallas, Houston and Los Angeles, nearly two-thirds of the births are to illegal immigrant mothers.

According to the Center for Immigration Studies, an estimated 380,000 expectant mothers crossed the border illegally in one year in hopes of giving birth in America. And this is all at a high cost to the American taxpayer.

Health care and social services for illegal immigrants cost Americans an estimated $1.1 billion per year.

Passing a law to eliminate birth citizenship will greatly help deter illegal immigration and reduce the burden on the taxpayer of paying for illegal immigrants' education, health care and other government benefits.

Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman, House Judiciary Committee

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Time to quit talking,and start walking the walk Lets get this done NOW,not later. The United States as a country cannot afford to let this massive fraud on American citizens continue to fester. The time has come to END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP FOR GOOD

Birthright citizenship is an industry. There are illegal mothers in my neighborhood that don't work - they just keep popping out their jackpot babies and collecting benefits. Bunches of kids means a pretty good income.

Originally Posted by ReggieMay

Birthright citizenship is an industry. There are illegal mothers in my neighborhood that don't work - they just keep popping out their jackpot babies and collecting benefits. Bunches of kids means a pretty good income.

They're doing it everywhere Reggie, outsource our country, then take what little we have left "Viva la' Re-friedconquista!" The whole being forced by the elites really pisses me off, maybe Piven was right!

Absolutely, Congressman Lamar Smith! You are right on the money spot on the issue. Thanks to Investor's Business Daily for running the article. The absurdity of government clerks awarding US citizenship to children of illegal aliens without authority from Congress or elsewhere is a practice that must end this year and hopefully by the end of the first quarter of it. Get this bill passed and into effect as soon as possible.

LETS GO REPUBLICANS! LETS GET R DONE!