Critics Invoke Bobby Jindal in Birthright Citizenship Controversy

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans have in recent weeks suggested that Congress should reconsider so-called “birthright citizenship” – that is, the policy of granting U.S. citizenship to anyone born in the country, even if their parents are illegal immigrants – provided under the 14th Amendment.

Critics of that position are now hitting back in part by invoking Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal, who they say would not have been born a citizen under the proposed change — a claim his office is disputing.

On a conference call today, opponents of changing the policy said that while Americans are “justifiably frustrated” with current immigration policy, eliminating birthright citizenship “would punish the innocent children of undocumented immigrants, which flies in the face of American values,” according to Michele Waslin, Senior Policy Analyst at the Immigration Policy Center.

Elizabeth Wydra, Chief Counsel at the Constitutional Accountability Center, said that repeal of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment would mark the first time “we the people amended our Constitution to make it less egalitarian.” She also said arguments that birthright citizenship could be changed without amending the Constitution (through a narrow reading of the 14th Amendment) are faulty.

Continue Reading at CBS News.

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Brittanicus August 5th, 2010 at 3:27 pm

One thing for sure that illegal immigration has emanated throughout our nation, like someone screeching their finger nails over a blackboard; a political headache that will not go away. Arizona’s policing laws are now the main event above other resounding issues, other than the wars abroad. It’s become an explosive situation that together Democrats and Republicans have allowed to get into a chaotic mess. None of this prodigious exploitation of the US taxpayer is conveyed by the Liberal progressive media? The unremitting lies we have been sold about which involves astronomical costs and the numbers of persons, which have succeeded in stealing past our only line of defense of US border Patrol.

Americans have grasped the deleterious spread of Sanctuary Cities, in Arizona and many other locations, where many innocent citizens have died at the hands of illegal aliens; an occurrence that stays hidden in the shadows. This is where each former government’s failure, has not exhibited any real restrictions on this invasion. This is the incomings of deprived people, hoping to gain admittance to the US welfare programs. This arises with the unborn babies of expectant foreign mothers, who know reaching our nation, means free pre-natal treatment, birthing and costs of housing, and a host of other giveaways while the child grows up. Whereas those who came to our country legally and citizens, whom are chased down by debt collection businesses and could eventually end up in court? While the illegal alien parents who are destitute, walk away owing thousands of dollars and paying nothing.

Consider this excerpt about a family of illegal immigrants described in the Spring 2005 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons:

“Cristobal Silverio came illegally from Oxtotilan, Mexico, in 1997 and brought his wife Felipa, plus three children aged 19, 12 and 8. Felipa … gave birth to a new daughter, her anchor baby, named Flor. Flor was premature, spent three months in the neonatal incubator, and cost San Joaquin Hospital more than $300,000. Meanwhile, (Felipa’s 19-year-old daughter) Lourdes plus her illegal alien husband produced their own anchor baby, Esmeralda. Grandma Felipa created a second anchor baby, Cristian. … The two Silverio anchor babies generate $1,000 per month in public welfare funding. Flor gets $600 per month for asthma. Healthy Cristian gets $400. Cristobal and Felipa last year earned $18,000 picking fruit. Flor and Cristian were paid $12,000 for being anchor babies.” AS I SEE IT? ONLY ILLEGAL PARENTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE JUST SLIPPED INTO AMERICA, THAT NEW BABY SHOULD BE DENIED CITIZENSHIP UNLESS ONE PARENT IS A CITIZEN ALREADY.

It’s an impossibility to cover the war that is going on within our borders, whether its the criminal enterprises from across our national border, the rampant drunken drivers, the propagation of child molestation or drug traffic. For those Americans who prefer to research their own information–start of by eying NumbersUSA website, followed by Fair and CIR. The unbelievable price we pay for not sealing our borders, in human life and the expenditures our government and special interests don’t want you to know. The foundation of this problem has always been cheap labor for businesses, which the owners pay nothing towards their illegal labor, left as always for US taxpayers to provide for? The corruption at the highest echelon of those we vote into power is hard to remove once they have settled into career cycle, which you can read about at Judicial Watch.

CALL THE CAPITOL AT 202-224-3121 AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?

This issue of the 14th Amendment need not be changed; we as a sovereign nation have a right to remove the illegal mother and therefore the child who will obviously leave also. I have heard that welfare checks are forwarded out the country for that particular child, but this also must be repealed. We must close these wide open loopholes that exist, which is costing billions in your dollars, taken through your taxes. As an independent country our politicians should be serving the people, not foreign nationals who have unheeded our laws. November will be a good time to clear-up the corruption in Washington, in each state and abruptly remove all lawmakers who are pushing any kind of–AMNESTY. Corruption is proliferating in the halls of power. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) tore apart E-Verify as a permanent powerful tool, to classify and eject illegal labor from nationwide work sites. YES! American will approve new legal Professional immigrants, but not those people who are going to be a public charge?

Rashad Licon January 25th, 2011 at 6:31 pm

Interesting point of view. I’m curious to think what type of impact this would have globally? People obviously get frustrated when it begins to affect them locally. I’ll check back to see what you have to say.

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