We need to show what Americans really think in regard to the Illegal Immigration issue! Hopefully, this may serve to assist our ALIPAC leaders in strengthening and presenting our cause by gathering opinions that are comprehensive to a specific topic. I encourage ALIPAC Members to post such requests for opinions in order to accumulate as many responses as possible or at least to share their viewpoints in regard to the question posed. Thank you.

The Question for this posting:

SHOULD WE CHANGE OR END RULINGS THAT GRANT AUTOMATIC CITIZENSHIP AND/OR SOCIAL SERVICES BENEFITS TO CHILDREN WHO ARE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES BY NON-CITIZEN PARENTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES?


Of course, no one wants to fault or deny innocent children of any birthright, but clearly this priviledge of automatic citizenship has been severely abused by many parents of foreign heritage, and not only by the Hispanics.

Knowing that their child can become a citizen if born in the United States, that child is then eligible for all the Social Services benefits that can be given to the parents. It is for this reason, and for this reason alone, many foreign citizens, primarily those who arrive illegally, come into the United States solely for the purpose of giving birth to their children here. Very few of them want to apply for citizenship, themselves. Some of these parents go even further by having additional children which would then, of course, increase the amount of Social Services benefits that are doled out to them, draining the funds that were meant to help American citizens in need of temporary aid. The original intent of offering the benefits of U.S. Citizenship has been forsaken for the sole intent of foreigners getting as much money as possible without paying taxes or becoming a citizen.

This situation is not limited to Illegal Migrants. Many people; whole families in fact, who come into this country legally are often given all sorts of Social Services benefits that would usually be denied to United States citizens who are truly in need of temporary assistance. Such benefits include; in addition to the standard food allowance per person, small business loans, down payments on homes, down payments for cars, complete medical coverage and of course, Social Security benefits to their elder family members who have never paid into the system!

Personally, I feel that it is time to restore the original intent of all Social Services and Social Security Benefits: the former for temporary assistance and the latter for supplemental retirement funds, for those who have paid into it!

What do you think about this?