Originally Posted by
Judy
artist wrote:
That was in reference to whether we needed to amend the US Constitution in order to stop anchor baby citizenship. Trump's answer was no he didn't think so, based on legal scholars. We just need a law to change the practice going forward. Trump could technically stop it going forward by refusing to issue US passports to children of illegal aliens, and possibly instructions of some kind to SSA to stop handing out social security numbers based just on birth certificates to children of illegal aliens, but I don't see him taking that on without a new law behind him to do it. His actions would just be blocked by some 9th circuit court and without the new law, who knows what the US Supreme Court would do. We don't want to take any risks with the court system without a solid law on the issue, because historically, the US Supreme Court has almost always supported the illegal immigrant and alien over US citizens, a strange history for a court that refused to end slavery.
But that's what it is, so you work within the game to win and make some progress, seems to me. I think we owe it to ourselves, our kids, grandkids and future generations to make some progress and to me the signing of HR 140 into law would be one of the most, if not the most, important legislative achievements of our entire movement.
But there is very little time to do it, so it needs to be put on a fast track course, seems to me.