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The irony of this, is that passing it would practically invalidate every United States citizen citizenship. Since, if you can't become a citizen by being born h
by giberson 16y ago
The irony of this, is that passing it would practically invalidate every United States citizen citizenship. Since, if you can't become a citizen by being born here, how would our parents have become citizens? Aside from those who gained citizenship through legal process--but what right would a non-citizen judge have to grant citizenship in the first place?
- cpeterso 16y agoThe debate is whether children of non-citizen immigrants should be granted US citizenship just because they were born on American soil.
- ubernostrum 16y agoExcept that's the problem. There are quite a few people here whose ancestors were US citizens when the country became, well, a country. But anyone else born here is a descendant of non-citizen immigrants.
- rdouble 16y agoThat's the polite way to say it. Really it's about whether children of non-citizen poor Mexican immigrants should be granted US citizenship. If Arizona shared a border with Sweden and all the non-citizens having babies were hot blonde chicks, there would be no immigration debate.
- cpeterso 16y agoI agree with you, but it is an interesting question. Do any other countries automatically grant citizenship to children of non-citizens? And what if only one parent is a citizen?
- rdouble 16y agoDo any other countries automatically grant citizenship to children of non-citizens? Almost every country in the Americas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli#Specific_national_legislation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli#Specific_national_legi...