Pros And Cons Of Birthright Citizenship

to gain citizenship. This is becoming an increasing problem in the United States. The 14th amendment allows for American born babies to gain citizenship in the country. Many immigrants are taking advantage of this amendment to gain citizenship for their child and then flee. Despite the benefits that the 14th amendment presents, I believe that it should be altered to reflect its true meaning and awarding citizenship to people who greatly deserve it The 14th amendment guarantees citizenship to every

attributed the different perceptions and interpretations regarding the 14th Amendment which was adopted in the aftermath of the civil war in 1868 in the United States of America. Tracing back, the War was purposed at granting black Americans full citizenship. To this moment, there have been numerous debates regarding this issue of how the 14th Amendment ought to be interpreted. All these arguments and different perceptions have only resulted to this common aspect of terming the U.S as a destination

Bupphasawan 1 Pongskon Bupphasawan Professor Sharifian Government 2305-75427 June 30, 2017 The Fourteenth Amendment Introduces a Passive Citizenship The 14th Amendment authorizes all the people who is born on the U.S. soil automatically get an U.S. citizenship. Therefore, the 14th Amendment brings thousands of foreigners who desire American residency to give their children birth in the U.S. There are no laws to reject pregnant women to come to the U.S. Foreigners believe they would get a better healthcare

Sabina Pandey GOVT-2305 Sherry Sharifian June 30, 2017 Birth Tourism The Fourteenth Amendment of the United States is very important for the citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws which was proposed for the former slaves following the Civil War. The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868, including the citizenship rights and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States”, that means every child which is born in U.S land or soil that child automatically

led them to participate in an act known as birth tourism. Birth tourism, in its simplest form, is when a non-citizen mother travels to America for the purpose of giving birth within the country borders, granting her newborn child full American citizenship. The states that seem to see the highest rates of birth tourism are California, Arizona, and Florida. It is important to note that not all of these mothers are from Mexico. In fact, many of these mothers are from China, coming into California through

Latin America. Asmentioned in the Huffington Post article “Born In The USA”, Ma Fahong is one of manyChinese women seeking citizenship for her unborn child in California so he/she can laterattain economic prosperity not easily accessible in China. The reason for this populartrend is due to the knowledge of foreigners that children born on American soil areguaranteed citizenship due to the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.Without government regulation, birth tourism has become a booming

A citizen has many different explanations, and definitions for example a citizen can be a native possibly naturalized person who is legally recognized as a member of the country because they were born there, a citizen could also be a member of a city that is able to have the privileges that a regular citizen gets, and being a citizen could mean someone who owes the government some things so they were guaranteed protection from the government. Basically a citizen has certain obligation to fulfill

that changes should be made to the 14th amendment, others argue that immigrants are major contributors to the United States economy. Over the recent years, rising immigration numbers have been seen however, the impact on the US has shown more pros than cons. There should not be any more restrictions to the 14th amendment because having those hard-working Americans has played a significant role such as supporting the US need for economic growth, education, and innovation-essential skills. While across

Choi 3 Danny Choi GOVT 2305-76427 Prof. Sharifian July 13, 17 Birthright citizenship Birth tourism is when people who are originally from other countries travel to different country and give birth. When the babies are born, they automatically become citizens of that country and this has become the one of the social issues in the United States. In San Francisco of California, the Chinese population is about 200,000 and that’s 20% of total Chinese population in the nation. Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan

He also wants to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants. He also wants to use E-verify to verify citizenship of employees in the U.S. and reduce foreign workers by promoting unemployed citizens vs. employing foreign workers. And one of his most known requests is to build a wall spanning the entire U.S.- Mexico border (Politifacts.com). Some pros to Hillary Clinton are that she has worked as a politician most of her life