Should Children of Illegal Immigrants Automatically Be U.S. Citizens?

[Qman]

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/12/26/children-illegal-immigrants-automatically-citizens-born/

[Photochic]

NO

[Snowlover]

I think DEFINITELY no.

[TKM]

NO!

[Norse39]

No. The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 to protect the rights of native-born Black Americans, whose rights were being denied as recently-freed slaves. It was written in a manner so as to prevent state governments from ever denying citizenship to blacks born in the United States. But in 1868, the United States had no formal immigration policy, and the authors therefore saw no need to address immigration explicitly in the amendment.

[allout]

NO!!!!!

[MCME]

NO .....and ship them back to Mexico, Cuba, Iran, Afghanastan, or wherever thay are from with their parents.

[Caducues]

NO LOOP HOLES! People work their ASSES off to get into this country of great opportunity legitimately. How fair is that to them?

[Barbann]

No and we should not be paying for their education when our own children can't get an education without having to get tons of loans etc.

[Photochic]

NO .....and ship them back to Mexico, Cuba, Iran, Afghanastan, or wherever thay are from with their parents.

I'm sorry, I accidentally hit the minus with my mouse and had no intentions to do that! I completely agree with you

[Mr. Smith]

no, but i still support the respect the constitution.

[bugmaniraq]

Absolutely! Bill Mexico for all services rendered while in America illegally.

[AZtoy]

Fuc* NO !!

[bugmaniraq]

Absolutely! Bill Mexico for all services rendered while in America illegally.

That would be Absolutely NOT!

[MCME]

no, but i still support the respect the constitution.

I completely support and respect the Constitution. To bad our Liberal politicians don't support it. That is why we have the trouble with the immigrants. People have had to ask to becoame citizens in America for a long time. There are Thousands of them waiting in line to become citizens. Why would it be right to allow illegals that walk across the border and claim they have a right to become a citizen ahead of all those waiting?

That is one reason why California is broke. They are allowing illegals in, feeding them, teaching them, giving them housing, and more.

I love that many states are making immigration laws similar to Arizona.

Okay... off my soapbox now.

McMike

[Yabadabado]

Nope... This law was put into place after the Civil War and was to accommodate those that were enslaved... citizenship was then granted to those that were slaves and the children therein as I recall... that time has ended and we as a country need to consider our own more... although the USA is the most generous nation in the world...

[iqdheadlines]

Any child born in any country has a right to it as his own place of birth and has the right of citizenship even if his parents are illegal immigrants.

But if both the child and the parents are not born in a certain country but are illegal immigrants at the same time, then this is a different story.

[Linda]

Looks like it is almost unanimous.....nope...

[xxxgator]

Although i say no .I know it's an unrealistic expectation to keep illeagles out .i say make a national id card like a passport just like other countries. If you can't produce documentation of being born here you grt shipped home.Also they needto drop the Irs and tax everyone 1% federal tax on everything bought and sold in the usa.That way those that are illeagel are paying into the system as well as drug dealers,and other illeagal operations that way everyone pays the same amount and no ones exempt or denied services! jmo

[GIDad]

Absolutely NOT.

This attempt at the DREAM ACT gave illegal aliens more entitlement than citizens. Proponets tout military service=citizenship. That went on the books in 1952! This DREAM ACT gave em 10 years to start military service! Also, illegal aliens get in-state-tuition rates for college which no legal alien nor citizen are qualified for.

No sympathy here! Illegal is illegal and fair is fair.

[RAL]

Let's add another "NO"!!!!!!

[meatmen4dinar]

MOST DEFINATELY NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[MahiMahi]

We need to put large signs on our borders every 1000 feet. that say if you cross this line you will be shot! We'd need to have a sniper at each post atop a 50 foot tower. And oh yah, the sign needs to be in English!

[maulim]

HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Soldiering4U]

I am just gonna come on here and add another NO! I have been beside great men that have gone through basic training just to get their citizenship and they are very productive in the regular world too so if anyone wants to come into this country and become a citizen make them join the military... or kick their butts to the curb...