Ask your U.S. Rep. to Abolish Birthright Citizenship

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Ask your U.S. Rep. to Abolish Birthright Citizenship

The 113th Congress begins its legislative session on Thursday, January 3, 2013, and Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) plans to introduce legislation that would abolish Birthright Citizenship. The Birthright Citizenship Act would abolish Birthright Citizenship by requiring that at least one parent of all children born in the United States be a U.S. Citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident.

Please send a fax to your U.S. Representative and urge him/her to contact Rep. King's office and become an original cosponsor of this key piece of legislation.

https://www.numbersusa.com/faxes?ID=14311

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Birthright citizenship in the United States

 

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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Legal history

 

Throughout much of the history of the United States, the fundamental legal principle governing citizenship has been that birth within the territorial limits of the United States confers United States citizenship, although slaves and the children of slave mothers, under the principle of partus sequitur ventrem, were excluded.^[13] The United States did not grant citizenship after the American Civil War to all former slaves until the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which was subsequently confirmed by the Fourteenth Amendment. American Indian tribal members are not covered specifically by the constitutional guarantee. Those living in tribes on reservations were generally not considered citizens until passage of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, although by that time nearly two-thirds of American Indians were already citizens.

 

1862 opinion of the Attorney General of the United States

 

In 1862, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase sent a question to Attorney General Edward Bates asking whether or not "colored men" can be citizens of the United States. Attorney General Bates responded on November 29, 1862, with a 27-page opinion concluding, "I conclude that the free man of color, mentioned in your letter, if born in the United States, is a citizen of the United States, ...^[25][italics in original]" In the course of that opinion, Bates commented at some length on the nature of citizenship, and wrote,

 

... our constitution, in speaking of natural born citizens, uses no affirmative language to make them such, but only recognizes and reaffirms the universal principle, common to all nations, and as old as political society, that the people born in a country do constitute the nation, and, as individuals, are natural members of the body politic.

 

If this be a true principle, and I do not doubt it, it follows that every person born in a country is, at the moment of birth, prima facie a citizen; and who would deny it must take upon himself the burden of proving some great disfranchisement strong enough to override the natural born right as recognized by the Constitution in terms the most simple and comprehensive, and without any reference to race or color, or any other accidental circumstance.^[26][italics in original]

 

Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

 

Since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution on July 9, 1868, citizenship of persons born in the United States has been controlled by its Citizenship Clause, which states:

 

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."^{[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Birthright_citizenship_in_the_United_States_of_America&redirect=no}

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Have been tweeting and using facebook trying to spread the word on this. I have been a member of Numbers USA since 2005. Glad I found you guys

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Welcome to TRR. Feel free to ask questions anywhere if needed.

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Thank You

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King Fights to End Birthright Citizenship

 

True immigration reformer Rep. Steve King (R-IA) introduced legislation (H.R. 140) the opening day of the 113th Congress that would end the practice of automatically granting citizenship to the children of illegal aliens born in the United States. Called the "Birthright Citizenship Act of 2013," H.R. 140 prevents the children of illegal aliens from attaining citizenship by requiring that those born in the U.S. must have at least one parent who is either: 1) a U.S. citizen or national, 2) a green card holder, or 3) an alien actively serving in the U.S. military, to receive citizenship at birth. (Id.)

FAIR has long argued that the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, originally created to ensure emancipated slaves were recognized as citizens following the Civil War, has been grossly misinterpreted over time. The 14th Amendment was never meant to guarantee citizenship to illegal aliens, but only to "persons born in the United States... subject to the jurisdiction thereof...." (emphasis added) (See FAIR Website on Birthright Citizenship, Sept. 2010) The key lies in the interpretation of the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof." Rep. John Bingham, who authored the Citizenship Clause, explicitly defined the intent of the amendment as "every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is...a natural born citizen." (Id.) Thus, the drafter of the Amendment never intended children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens and temporary visitors to receive U.S. citizenship.

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New Border Crossing Station Will Be Fully Automated

 

A few days after Christmas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a final rule establishing the first automated border crossing station in Big Bend National Park along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas. (See Final Rule, Dec. 28, 2012) The new Boquillas crossing facility will permit U.S. citizens and certain classes of aliens to travel between Boquillas, Mexico and Big Bend National Park. (Id.) The new facility will be automated based on remote communication via computer, replacing the traditional face-to-face interaction with border agents. (NextGov, Dec. 31, 2012) Kiosks equipped with two-way audio-video technology will electronically connect border-crossers with CBP agents stationed approximately two hours away in El Paso, Texas, who will verify travel documents remotely. (Id; see also Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Oct. 28, 2011) If a CBP agent determines that in-person interaction is required, a nearby CBP officer will then be called to assist. (See Final Rule, Dec. 28, 2012)

According to the former Big Bend National Park Superintendent, Jose A. Cisneros, reopening the station will create a new point of entry for organized crime. "Drug cartels will view the new station as a back door to the United States," Cisneros told reporters. (ABC News, Jan. 2, 2013)

 

 

Trust me

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"...Drug cartels will view the new station as a back door to the United States,"...

 

Which is obvious...if you remember the Chicago Pay-for-play Obama regime doctrine of crony capitalism. Wouldn't surprise me if it was payback for Fast & Furious guns & 2012 campaign donations.