Rheo Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 The Hill:A newly empowered House GOP lawmaker said he hopes to advance legislation to end the right of U.S. citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants who are born in the United States.Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), a staunch opponent of illegal immigration who will become chairman of a key subcommittee handling immigration rules, said that he thinks he'll be able to pass a bill out of the House to end the Constitution's birthright citizenship for U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants.Conservatives opposed to illegal immigration have sought to change the law to deny citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants who are born in the U.S., complaining of "birthplace tourism." The conservative Republicans accuse illegal immigrants of purposefully having their children in the U.S. in order to give the newborn citizenship, and make it easier for parents and family members to legally stay in the U.S.Birthright citizenship is a right contained within the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and was ratified in the aftermath of the Civil War. Modifying those rights would seem to require a constitutional amendment, though some in the GOP contend such a move is unnecessary."It's not a constitutional provision. It doesn't require a constitutional amendment. We can fix it by statute," he said. "And we need to put the marker down and push this thing forward. If we can't get it past the president, then at least we will have made the case for the president, and have set the stage." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Good luck. I'm for it. Make English the official language of the land while you're at it and get rid of multi-lingual forms and requirements while you're at it and secure the border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cudjo Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I can't remember for sure but it seems like English only was one of the State questions, don't know what happened to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Good luck. I'm for it. Make English the official language of the land while you're at it and get rid of multi-lingual forms and requirements while you're at it and secure the border. Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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