REP. MILLER SUPPORTS ARIZONA EFFORTS TO DENY CITIZENSHIP TO ANCHOR BABIES

US Fed News
June 19, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Rep. Gary Miller, R-Calif. (42nd CD), issued the following news release:

The author of the Arizona immigration law, State Senator Russell Pearce, will soon introduce legislation in the Arizona State Senate to deny citizenship to anchor babies.

Birthright citizenship is yet another loophole in our laws that encourages and facilitates illegal immigration.

In fact, approximately 200,000 to 300,000 babies are born to illegal immigrants each year.

By granting children of illegal immigrants automatic citizenship, the child can eventually anchor an entire family in the United States, even though they gained access to our nation illegally.

In addition, the child - and potentially their family - then have access to a wide array of taxpayer-funded benefits, including access to a U.S. education and recently enacted government-run health care.

It is unfair to grant birthright citizenship to children of illegal immigrants because it undermines the intention of the 14th Amendment and rewards those that have recklessly broken our nation's immigration laws.

Congressman Miller is the first sponsor of House legislation which will deny citizenship to anchor babies and spoke to Senator Pearce this week about efforts to end this unfair practice.

Congressman Miller highly commends Senator Pearce for his efforts to close this loophole at the state level and looks forward to working with him on this issue.

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