> >My take. > > > >We need to end the practice of anchor babies. > > Why? Shouldn't these children have the same rights and privileges as > others who have been born in the US? They had no say on their parents > why punish them for their effrontery for having non-US citizens.
Hit send to soon that should have read why punish them for their effrontery for having non-US citizens as parents. > > Or are you advocating a selective citizenship. Because the child had > the bad taste to have non-Americans for parents they are not citizens? > What next, they speak a certain language and accordingly are not > citizens. How about getting Originalist on them make them only 2/3rd's > of a citizen, much like the original constitution treated blacks. > > > > >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. > > What about if you were born in the US to legal permanent residents - i. > e., green card holders. Would they be citizens or not? Or would that > depend on their race, nationality or ethnic backgrounds. > > > > >2. You go through the legal immigration channels, live here for 7 > years > >or whatever, and give up any and all former nations completely. > > Why? What about all those people who have dual citizenships, such as > US and Israeli citizenship. Are they no longer American citizens? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:259729 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
