Arizona state politicians will introduce model legislation this week to encourage states to prevent children of illegal immigrants from being granted citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
Lawmakers in at least 14 states have said they are committed to passing the legislation targeting birthright citizenship. Arizona's anti-illegal-immigrant bill, SB-1070, was also based on model legislation that could be easily copied by states, and at least seven states are likely to pass bills similar to the first Arizona immigration overhaul this year.
Arizona state Senator Russell Pearce will unveil the bill Jan. 5 in Washington, D.C., the Arizona Capital Times reports. The paper says lawmakers in Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah have said they want to introduce similar legislation this year.
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4 comments:
Good! It is INSANE that illegal alien's children get citizenship to begin with.
Since it's in the Constitution, it's hard to see how any state law could trump it. I hope all the conservatives who say that we have to follow the Constitution oppose this unconstitutional legislation. After all, we can't pick and choose the parts of the Constitution we follow, can we?
Anonymous said...
Since it's in the Constitution, it's hard to see how any state law could trump it. I hope all the conservatives who say that we have to follow the Constitution oppose this unconstitutional legislation. After all, we can't pick and choose the parts of the Constitution we follow, can we?
10:32 AM
What is your point? Since what is in the Constitution?
Gotta love the constitutional scholars out there. As the first line of the 14th amendment says, "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."
Sure, you'll object, illegal aliens aren't subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Really, I'll say, then I guess you don't think that ICE can arrest them. That clause was put in there to exempt diplomats and Indians (although all Indians are now considered citizens).
Sorry, but if you want to end birthright citizenship, you have to amend the Constitution. Anyone advocating a statutory change to this is ignoring the Constitution as much as Obama did when he passed the health care law.
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