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Immigration: A really complex problem (none / 0) (#2)
by felizarte on Tue Jan 22, 2008 at 12:02:22 AM EST
that must be discussed in the open with the American people.  I think that before any immigration solutions are enacted, something  has to be done with the constitutional definition of who is a citizen.  Most countries consider citizenship on the basis of "blood"--if one or both parents are citizens, the children are citizens no matter where they are born;  In the U.S. anybody born in the U.S. is considered a citizen.  This factors has contributed to the present problem.  Technically, any couple or if a woman, from any country comes to the U.S. and gives birth here, the childre by virtue of its birth certificate is automatically a U.S. citizen.  And the child is automatically entitled to all benefits available to all citizens including welfare and other subsidies.  A person who enters the U.S. can have as many children born here and be entitled to welfare because the children are u.s. citizens and most of the time, when subsidies are computed by the Health & Social services agency, the subsidy for the mothers are also computed.  And of course, by this time, it seems inhumane to deport the mother of American citizens.  I can just imagine that this situation has helped to bloat the welfare and medicare costs, in addition to the greed of the insurance companies.

It is obvious to me that the first thing that needs to be fixed is the constitutional definition of "American born citizen."

Michigan to Deny Drivers Licenses to Undocumented and Lawfully Present Immigrants | 14 comments (14 topical)

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