So in essence you're saying that these people are less than other Americans?
> Answers inline > > Larry Lyons wrote: > > 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. > > > > 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. > > You know I advocate selective citizenship. > > > 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. > > When and if the parents become citizens so do they. > > > Why? What about all those people who have dual citizenships, such as > US and Israeli citizenship. Are they no longer American citizens? > > I don't like it and have seen the problems it can cause first hand. I > > had a PL in the 82nd that was US/Israeli. We deployed to Sinai as > part > of MFO, and he couldn't do any border operations, and had to stay away > > from the Egyptians. Not ok. > > To be honest, I would like to see us follow the constitution directly > as > written. That would of course include amendments. > > BTW, why bring race into this? I know Russian and Irish illegals. I > > don't think their children should be given citizenship either. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:259730 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5