‘ANCHOR BABIES ARE NOT CITIZENS’ SAYS FEDERAL COURT

[william H]

Now wait the DNC says they are "TACO BOWLS" but then the racist bigots at
the DNC RIGGED AN ELECTION and Bribed law enforcement to not prosecute Hillary

[sine-qua-non]

69 Birdbrain

Read post 64 at the bottom 2nd ruling, to see where you are confused again or just plain lied.

Even common sense says that kids follow their parents citizenship as the courts have defined it.  The Democrats agreed and even passed a resolution saying so!

[D2D]

Why do liberals want to reward criminals for their criminal acts?

[wvit1001]

This isn't about anyone's wants, it's our law and how we've always run our country. 

[D2D]

Sorry but the law makes it clear criminals cannot profit from committing crimes!

[wvit1001]

 The babies, the ones becoming citizens, haven't committed any crime.

[D2D]

Their presence is the direct result of their parent's criminal acts!

Yet, you would have those same babies executed if they are the result of rape or incest!

Hypocrite!



AUSTIN, Texas – 
Parents who entered the U.S. illegally from Mexico and Central America will have an easier time getting birth certificates for their children born in Texas following a lawsuit settlement with the state, lawyers for immigration advocates said on Monday.
                        
The deal for now ends a legal fight that erupted last year when Texas was accused of denying "birthright" U.S. citizenship amid heightened national debate over immigration. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman signed an order that sets aside the lawsuit so long as Texas lives up to the agreement.
                        
State health officials contended the deal makes no changes to existing policies, but attorneys for families insisted otherwise, saying Texas will now accept more forms of identification and supporting documents that are easier for people in the country illegally to obtain.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/26/texas-reaches-deal-on-birth-certificates-for-immigrant-kids.html

[wvit1001]

So.   

[sweetwater5s9]

The phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" was intended to exclude American-born persons from automatic citizenship whose allegiance to the United States was not complete. With illegal aliens who are unlawfully in the United States, their native country has a claim of allegiance on the child. Thus, the completeness of their allegiance to the United States is impaired, which therefore precludes automatic citizenship.


Over a century ago, the Supreme Court appropriately confirmed this restricted interpretation of citizenship in the so-called "Slaughter-House cases" [83 US 36 (1873) and 112 US 94 (1884)]¹³. In the 1884 Elk v.Wilkins case¹², the phrase "subject to its jurisdiction" was interpreted to exclude "children of ministers, consuls, and citizens of foreign states born within the United States." In Elk, the American Indian claimant was considered not an American citizen because the law required him to be "not merely subject in some respect or degree to the jurisdiction of the United States, but completely subject to their political jurisdiction and owing them direct and immediate allegiance."


The Court essentially stated that the status of the parents determines the citizenship of the child. To qualify children for birthright citizenship, based on the 14th Amendment, parents must owe "direct and immediate allegiance" to the U.S. and be "completely subject" to its jurisdiction. In other words, they must be United States citizens.


Congress subsequently passed a special act to grant full citizenship to American Indians, who were not citizens even through they were born within the borders of the United States. The Citizens Act of 1924, codified in 8USCSß1401.

http://www.14thamendment.us/birthright_citizenship/original_intent.html





Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution, grants absolute power to Congress to establish a uniform rule of naturalization.

Congress - not the president, the courts or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - has the power to regulate immigration in this regard.

By statute, going forward, prospectively, Congress can in fact say ... 'No, you cannot make children of illegal aliens American citizens automatically'.

[wvit1001]

why hasn't the republican Congress chosen to change the laws on this then sweaty?

[sweetwater5s9]

Obama's veto and lack of a super majority, why?

[sweetwater5s9]

Clause 4. The Congress shall have Power *** To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization

Citizenship by naturalization is a privilege to be given, qualified, or withheld as Congress may determine; an individual may claim it as a right only upon compliance with the terms Congress imposes.

http://law.justia.com/constitution/us/article-1/35-naturalization-and-citizenship.html