My take. We need to end the practice of anchor babies.
There should be 3 ways to become a citizen of the US. 1. You are born to an American parent. Father or mother, makes no difference to me, don't care where you were born, one parent must have been a US citizen. 2. You go through the legal immigration channels, live here for 7 years or whatever, and give up any and all former nations completely. 3. Complete a FULL term of service on active duty in the US military. One FULL term of service in the military currently being 8 years. U.S. citizens can currently split that into pieces, some active, some reserve or national guard, I'd like to see us offer this as 8 years active and you get your citizenship. It does not work this way currently, but I think it makes sense. Course you would have to pass a basic English proficiency test, but hell, I've learned multiple languages on my own, don't see why someone who is truly motivated to come here can't do the same. Adam Churvis wrote: >> after all, my sister was born in Nuremberg, Germany (in the public >> hospital there, not on the base where my father was stationed at the >> time), and there's never been a question about her citizenship. She >> was born to parents who are (and were) US Citizens, done. > > I haven't been following this thread, so if someone has already covered what > I'm about to ask then please forgive, but does the same principle then hold > true for Mexican nationals who come across our border illegally to give > birth? > > Contrast and compare: > > * An American citizen in the employ of the US government, ordered by the US > government to be in another country on either a US government-owned property > or a portion of a foreign military's property set aside for the US military, > VERSUS a Mexican citizen who has permission from neither the Mexican > government nor the US government to be anywhere in the US, much less on > property owned by or set aside for the Mexican government's use. > > * A child born to an American citizen who goes off American-purposed foreign > soil and into that foreign country's health system to utilize emergency > services and is therefore responsible for payment, VERSUS a child born to a > Mexican citizen who has no permission to be here but who has walked into our > country's health system to utilize emergency services and is therefore > responsible for payment. > > Should both these statements hold true: > > "She was born to parents who are (and were) US Citizens, done." > > "She was born to parents who are (and were) Mexican Citizens, done." > > I'm not claiming it should be one way or the other, and I'm not well > schooled in the entire scope of the illegal immigration debate; I'm asking > to hear everyone's thoughts on this. I really do enjoy listening to the > opinions of the people on this list. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259722 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
