VOTE: Should a child born on US soil automatically be a US citizen?

[Freedomisneverfree]

NOooooooooo!!!!

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

It even applies to parents who were illegally in the country.

That’s the obvious problem.

 

[meaner gene]

true but at the time we did not have people crossing the border either

the 14th addressed the issue of that day, they were not thinking ahead 100+ years ago

The wording was very wide open, not if you are a legal citizen but anybody

We have a border, we have ICE now

1866 we did not, the USA was not thinking about the Mexican border at all

First off we've had people crossing the border, for as long as we had borders. But the population in the US was doubling every 25 years (3% annual growth) which is far more than we have today.

And as far as not thinking ahead, neither did those who wrote the 2nd amendment.

But that only means the only way to change it, is to amend the constitution one more time.

Until then, birthright citizenship applies to everyone born here, except by diplomats or invading armies.

 

[meaner gene]

That’s the obvious problem.

And the obvious solution is fixing it with another constitutional amendment.

The courts have to go by the clear text as written. And not how they would have written it.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

And the obvious solution is fixing it with another constitutional amendment.

The courts have to go by the clear text as written. And not how they would have written it.

Nah, just find judges to interpret the way you want them to. It’s the democrat way.

 

[egp320i]

First off we've had people crossing the border, for as long as we had borders. But the population in the US was doubling every 25 years (3% annual growth) which is far more than we have today.

And as far as not thinking ahead, neither did those who wrote the 2nd amendment.

But that only means the only way to change it, is to amend the constitution one more time.

Until then, birthright citizenship applies to everyone born here, except by diplomats or invading armies.

yes they were crossing from Mexico into basically SE Mexican territory
we had no fence, we had no enforcement, it was not deemed a pressing issue like today

again, the 14th is outdated for our time now and should be amended but D's will not, we know this

 

[Martin Eden Mercury]

That's what I figured.

I would never have figured that you couldn't find one nation that does what the United States does? Did you even try?

 

[Martin Eden Mercury]

First off we've had people crossing the border, for as long as we had borders. But the population in the US was doubling every 25 years (3% annual growth) which is far more than we have today.

And as far as not thinking ahead, neither did those who wrote the 2nd amendment.

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I'd have to disagree here.