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In fact, it's downright oppressive that the government of the United States treats its own citizens differently than citizens of foreign countries.
by jmorphy88 11y ago
In fact, it's downright oppressive that the government of the United States treats its own citizens differently than citizens of foreign countries.
- proveanegative 11y agoIf it didn't what would the meaning of citizenship be?
- JoshTriplett 11y agoI suspect the post you replied to was sarcasm.
- proveanegative 11y agoIndeed. Sarcasm is still as hard as ever to detect in the web.
- mason240 11y agoThis is sarcasm, right?
- tormeh 11y agoThe government is supposed to represent its citizens, so, uh, no.
- ryandrake 11y agoYou're missing the point. Birthright citizens have nothing but "geographic location of birth" to qualify them as citizens of their country. They literally (in the real meaning of 'literally') did nothing to become citizens. Their children will also likely have to do nothing to become citizens, as long as they're born within the same borders. What motivation do people who expended zero effort to become citizens currently have to help or vote to make immigration rules more sane?
- babatong 11y agoJust fyi: most countries do not operate a jus soli-based citizenship system. Probably because of the reasons you outline.