Article by CNN: "Constitution 101: Babies born in U.S. are citizens"
After the controversial political law SB1070 of Arizona, now there are at least 14 states and Republican congress men presenting the idea of changing or modifying the 14th amendment because they claim is no longer useful as before. This amendment’s purpose is to grant citizenship to all people born in the U.S. It is the foundation of U.S. civil rights law and one basic right granted by the Constitution. Now it’s being proposed the idea that it should be modified to granting citizenship to babies that have at least one legal parent in the U.S. Republicans say that this way the number of illegal immigrants and archer babies will decrease. Their reason is that many illegal immigrants come to the U.S. so their children are born in the U.S making them legally citizens and giving their parents a reason to try to stay. The truth is that interpreting the 14th amendment in other ways involving immigration has more cons than pros. It will be arduous due to the complicated process that was made in order to make any changes to the constitution. It would also cost money, cause unknown nationality for many people in the U.S. and drive away people from the nationalist party. I do not support breaking the law or having babies in U.S territory in order to find a way to stay. If you want to be treated fairly then you should play by the rules, meaning following the law. I think that instead of making the issue of immigration bigger, making racist laws or finding “solutions” that take rights away; what really should be done is find a humane way of helping those people who desperately come illegally to the U.S to find a better life due to the hardships of their home country.
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