ooby_dooby: This has to be the stupidest idea that Trump has had to date. he's saying that anybody born in the USA should lose their citizenship. My mother may she RIP, was born in Budapest in 1897, my father was born in NYC. I have no idea if my mother ever went through the naturalization process but I know she married at least 2 Americans. I was born in NYC at the Rockaway Beach Hospital in Queens. If Trump is successful in this ridiculous idea I theoretically could lose my citizenship even though I was born here? Are you kidding me?
Pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), U.S. citizenship is automatically granted to any person born within and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. This includes the territories of Puerto Rico, the Marianas (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and also applies to children born elsewhere in the world to U.S. citizens (with certain exceptions)
but,it would have been a brilliant idea if Hillary had come up with it,wouldn't it`? Besides,all you Lefties are putting more Strawmen on the Road,as usual!
At last Trump comes up with a good idea, but it is not complete yet, it should be backdated to 1900, anyone born in the USA since 1900 with foreign parents should be forced to return to their homeland. NO EXCEPTIONS, and while he is at it he could make the Presidency a position for life. That should make the whole world happy.
Slightly off the subject. I have lived for long periods in other counties, when i returned to live in th UK, of course I had not lost my UK citizenship but i found I had lost my residency, and had to jump through hoops to get it back, like proving relatives and friends in the Plymouth area, and proof of birth there, you'd be surprised how difficult this is to a skeptical authority, any way i managed to jump through all the hoops successfully.
aries1234: Slightly off the subject. I have lived for long periods in other counties, when i returned to live in th UK, of course I had not lost my UK citizenship but i found I had lost my residency, and had to jump through hoops to get it back, like proving relatives and friends in the Plymouth area, and proof of birth there, you'd be surprised how difficult this is to a skeptical authority, any way i managed to jump through all the hoops successfully.
Conrad73: but,it would have been a brilliant idea if Hillary had come up with it,wouldn't it`? Besides,all you Lefties are putting more Strawmen on the Road,as usual!
rizlared: At last Trump comes up with a good idea, but it is not complete yet, it should be backdated to 1900, anyone born in the USA since 1900 with foreign parents should be forced to return to their homeland. NO EXCEPTIONS, and while he is at it he could make the Presidency a position for life. That should make the whole world happy.
HealthyLiving: Critics say that Trump’s plan is unrealistic, that it would require a constitutional amendment because the 14th Amendment mandates birthright citizenship and that the Supreme Court has upheld this requirement ever since its passage in 1868. The critics are wrong. A correct understanding of the intent of the framers of the 14th Amendment and legislation passed by Congress in the late 19th century and in 1923 extending citizenship to American Indians provide ample proof that Congress has constitutional power to define who is within the “jurisdiction of the United States” and therefore eligible for citizenship. Simple legislation passed by Congress and signed by the president would be constitutional under the 14th Amendment.
Birthright citizenship is the policy whereby the children of illegal aliens born within the geographical limits of the U.S. are entitled to American citizenship — and, as Trump says, it is a great magnet for illegal immigration. Many of Trump’s critics believe that this policy is an explicit command of the Constitution, consistent with the British common-law system. This is simply not true.
Although the Constitution of 1787 mentioned citizens, it did not define citizenship. It was in 1868 that a definition of citizenship entered the Constitution with the ratification of the 14th Amendment. Here is the familiar language: “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.” Thus there are two components to American citizenship: birth or naturalization in the U.S. and being subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Today, we somehow have come to believe that anyone born within the geographical limits of the U.S. is automatically subject to its jurisdiction; but this renders the jurisdiction clause utterly superfluous. If this had been the intention of the framers of the 14th Amendment, presumably they would have said simply that all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. are thereby citizens.
Indeed, during debate over the amendment, Senator Jacob Howard, the author of the citizenship clause, attempted to assure skeptical colleagues that the language was not intended to make Indians citizens of the United States. Indians, Howard conceded, were born within the nation’s geographical limits, but he steadfastly maintained that they were not subject to its jurisdiction because they owed allegiance to their tribes and not to the U.S. Senator Lyman Trumbull, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, supported this view, arguing that “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” meant “not owing allegiance to anybody else and being subject to the complete jurisdiction of the United States.”
Jurisdiction understood as allegiance, Senator Howard explained, excludes not only Indians but “persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers.”* Thus, “subject to the jurisdiction” does not simply mean, as is commonly thought today, subject to American laws or courts. It means owing exclusive political allegiance to the U.S.
I only want to point out the above points in the article to bring Clarification to the intent of the 14th Amendment. Please read the entire article here:
"Those who defy the laws of the U.S. should not be allowed to confer such an advantage on their children. This would not be visiting the sins of the parents on the children, as is often claimed, since the children of illegal aliens born in the U.S. would not be denied anything to which they otherwise would have a right. Their allegiance should follow that of their parents during their minority. A nation that cannot determine who becomes citizens or believes that it must allow the children of those who
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ooby_dooby: Pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), U.S. citizenship is automatically granted to any person born within and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. This includes the territories of Puerto Rico, the Marianas (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and also applies to children born elsewhere in the world to U.S. citizens (with certain exceptions)
It's all BS, Trump is just running scared so using this to stir up more votes, the reality is he will never actually get it passed Congress, he knows that but hopes this will get him more votes next week, he knows that the Democrats are going to overturn the Republican majority. He is desperate for every vote.
Poor immigrants are the least likely group to use welfare, despite Trump’s claims
The Trump administration and several House Republicans have made it clear that poor immigrants are not welcome in the United States. They blame uneducated, unskilled newcomers for a host of social and economic problems — such as taking away blue-collar jobs from Americans and burdening taxpayers. And they accuse the current immigration system of letting in immigrants who mooch off the welfare state.
"They're not going to come in and just immediately go and collect welfare," Trump said during a press conference this week.
But the idea that immigrants come to America to live off the government is wrong. The vast majority of new immigrants are not eligible for welfare. Even green card holders must wait for years to get most benefits. The United States already rejects applications from potential immigrants who could end up on government assistance — people who aren't financially stable can't even get tourist visas. And research shows that poor, uneducated immigrants are the least likely group to use welfare.
rizlared: It's all BS, Trump is just running scared so using this to stir up more votes, the reality is he will never actually get it passed Congress, he knows that but hopes this will get him more votes next week, he knows that the Democrats are going to overturn the Republican majority. He is desperate for every vote.
All fake just like him!
The president of the most powerful country in the world, A FAKE. Grow up young man. You might catch up with your age...
Poor immigrants are the least likely group to use welfare, despite Trump’s claims
The Trump administration and several House Republicans have made it clear that poor immigrants are not welcome in the United States. They blame uneducated, unskilled newcomers for a host of social and economic problems — such as taking away blue-collar jobs from Americans and burdening taxpayers. And they accuse the current immigration system of letting in immigrants who mooch off the welfare state.
"They're not going to come in and just immediately go and collect welfare," Trump said during a press conference this week.
But the idea that immigrants come to America to live off the government is wrong. The vast majority of new immigrants are not eligible for welfare. Even green card holders must wait for years to get most benefits. The United States already rejects applications from potential immigrants who could end up on government assistance — people who aren't financially stable can't even get tourist visas. And research shows that poor, uneducated immigrants are the least likely group to use welfare.
Poor immigrants are the least likely group to use welfare, despite Trump’s claims
"They're not going to come in and just immediately go and collect welfare," Trump said during a press conference this week.
But the idea that immigrants come to America to live off the government is wrong. The vast majority of new immigrants are not eligible for welfare. Even green card holders must wait for years to get most benefits. The United States already rejects applications from potential immigrants who could end up on government assistance — people who aren't financially stable can't even get tourist visas. And research shows that poor, uneducated immigrants are the least likely group to use welfare.
Good Topic for discussion. You should create a thread on this! HL
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Pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), U.S. citizenship is automatically granted to any person born within and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. This includes the territories of Puerto Rico, the Marianas (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and also applies to children born elsewhere in the world to U.S. citizens (with certain exceptions)
Besides,all you Lefties are putting more Strawmen on the Road,as usual!