Thread: Born in the U.S.A. Becomes Center of Debate on Illegal Immig

Born in the U.S.A. Becomes Center of Debate on Illegal Immigrant Children
By Greg Stohr - Sep 12, 2010 9:01 PM PT

For more than a century, the rules governing U.S. citizenship have included a straightforward test: With rare exception, a person born within the country’s borders is an American citizen.

That tenet is now under attack as part of the fight over illegal immigration. What had been a simmering academic debate has moved in recent weeks into the political arena, with Republicans in Congress questioning whether the children of illegal aliens should be afforded citizenship and state lawmakers preparing to force the issue into the courts.

“You can’t break into somebody’s country and think you have the right to citizenship because you were born here,â€

I believe any child of an illegal should be also classified as an illegal. It is time we forced all immigrants to go thru the process of becomimg legal immigrants before entering this country and set a date when all immigration ends in this country and start to worry about ourselves and future generations . This country has to close the doors of immigration, because if we don't it is going to be too late, if it isn't already.