Pros And Cons Of Birthright Citizenship

In the United States, children are under the parents control until the age of 18. These children have to do everything the parents tells them to and do not get a choice in the matter. This is true for immigrant children. These immigrant children did not get to tell their parents if they wanted to go to the U.S. or not, and even if they did the parents have the control. The U.S. should not punish the immigrant child for coming into the country because it was not their choice, it is not right to send them to a country they do not know as home, and everyone deserves an opportunity to become a U.S. citizen. Any right minded person would know that society cannot punish children on the decisions of their parents. The police does not arrest the children of a shoplifter for breaking the law, nor does the police arrest the children of a murder for the murder. So why does our country want to deport the children whose parents broke the law coming into this country? Cory Gardner’s favorable opinion on the subject came from Opposing Viewpoints stating, “Their parents made a decision to enter this country illegally and our broken immigration system did not prevent it. It is not their fault, nor was it their decision not to follow the law.” Not only did Cory state that it is not the immigrant children’s fault, but he also brought up that it is the U.S’s fault for allowing the parents to come into the country illegally. How is it okay that the U.S. punishes the immigrant children for their

Birthright citizenship is a principle stating that people born within the country should be recognized as U.S.

The Birthright Citizenship Amendment is one that has caused controversy. Should  a person that is  born in the US, regardless of whether the parents were here temporarily, or illegally be considered an American citizen? The 14th Amendment states “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the States wherein they reside”, ( Spalding, 2010). The interpretation of this amendment has caused the controversy.

To be able to understand the controversy surrounding the natural born citizen clause in the constitution, it is important to know why it was added to the constitution in the first place. The original purpose of this clause was to prevent the British rule from coming to America and taking charge (Hulse). The National Constitution Center staff quoted the natural born citizen clause in the constitution saying that “no person except a natural born citizen or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall be eligible to the office of president” (“Natural Born”). This clause also allows children that are offspring of United States citizens that are born internationally to obtain citizenship (“Natural Born”). At the time when the

The argument for making these children legal is that it is not fare to the child that was born here by their parents and has no other home that they have known to call their own.

Immigration has become a very controversial topic that no one can stop talking about. From President Barack Obama’s Immigration Reform to potential 2016 presidential candidates, everyone is looking at different ways to amend our broken immigration system. Almost everyone agrees that we need tighter border control and there needs to be more regulations to prevent the hiring of illegal immigrants. Not everyone is sure what should be decided about immigrant parents, who are not American citizens, and their American born children. This topic has left people questioning the 14th Amendment and “birthright citizenship.” While some people have no tolerance for these children and want them out, others have thought of better solutions that keep the

Each year thousands of mexicans cross the border illegally to find work in the united states. Most perform jobs that U.S citizens won’t do, and they pay taxes, some argue they should receive amnesty. However, opponents argue that aliens are a drain on the system and a threat to security, they should be deported. Should undocumented workers in the united states be allowed to stay? Undocumented workers in the united states should be allowed to stay in the united states. America is spending billions of dollars on different reform plans.

In his address to the country on immigration, President Obama said that “being an American is not a matter of blood or birth.” (2015, Klukowski), Would you agree? When you think of America and its constitutional rights afforded to all, it’s very likely that birthright citizenship (under the 14th amendment) is one of the rights that comes to mind- “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.” The United States and Canada are the only developed nations that grant automatic citizenship so expansively to children born within their borders. Anyone born in the United

Today the Society is split into three separately minded groups. In no specific ordering, the first is determined to believe that any one person born in the United States is a citizen and which means their parents should become citizens along with them. These are the ones whom obtain “birthright citizenship” (Raul). The second are firm believers in the only ones that should be citizens are the ones who go through the proper process of becoming a citizen and according to the article in “USA today,” it states that illegal immigrants are “having babies as a way to obtain citizenship,” which too many Americans “cheapens the whole idea of being American”. The last group is the “other” the ones whom are completely neutral or believe in the

If you were an undocumented immigrant being pressured, hated, and discriminated against, how would you feel? Over “10 to 12 million undocumented immigrants are here in the U.S(),” and this is a major controversial topic in our society right now and for years everyone has had a different opinion on what should be done about undocumented immigrants. As for me I am for the U.S. government allowing undocumented immigrants to become U.S. citizens. Though undocumented immigrants are not supposed to be here most immigrants are law abiding, pay taxes and here to live the American dream.

the word undocumented reveals the author’s main argument which is tell the personal experience that the author had to live as undocumented immigrants coming from Mexico to the united states illegally that made them face many challenges and obstacles attempting to make their life better , and undocumented word is strongly related to the issues that the author addressed in her essay , it showed the enormous issues they have faced by following the tells of other people that is not exist , the author used this word in each paragraph in her essay . the first issue was the difficulty of getting a job with the language barrier, being undocumented prevent them from getting a license, the fears of her mom in the workforce of being pulled over

“Anchor baby” is the term given to U.S. born children of undocumented parents, the idea behind this term is that it gives the children automatic citizenship while also enhancing their parents own legal status. Many presidential candidates have spoken against birthright citizenship by using the term ‘Anchor baby’, which too many, is offensive. Republican, Donald Trump, defends the term. When confronted about the hurtful usage of the word by ABC reporter, Tom Llamas, Trump responded with, “You mean it’s not politically correct and yet everybody uses it.” When Llamas told Trump to look the word up in the dictionary Trump shot back saying, “I’ll use the word anchor baby. Excuse me! I’ll use the word anchor baby!” In New Hampshire, Jeb Bush was also confronted by reporters. After being

In addition, the United States is created by a diversity of immigrant cultures. Currently, “approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States” [Debate pg. 592]. Changing or repealing the fourteenth amendment, will leave many U.S citizens, children of immigrants stateless without an origin of birth. For example, Chinese came to the United States to work as

Illegal immigration is a major problem which most of the developed countries face in the current economy, and it has been major political problem for the political parties in America (republicans and democrats) and over years each party has a different agenda to discuss the problem. Illegal immigration can be defined as a movement of people from a source country to the destination country without any legal documents and violates destination countries immigration laws. People have moved across lands over years to escape a war situation or to get better facilities in a different country. Countries have defined immigration laws to restrict people to enter their land without proper documentation as illegal immigration social and time

In conclusion , if undocumented people did not live here not even one think about all the economical problems the united states would have and who would build all these houses, buildings, and etc. The way other people think is a way of ignorants thinking but others feel like we need them we really do even you don't think so. Many believe they come here to0 do illegal acts then tell them who are the one having a higher chance of graduating and without paying their teachers to pass and that's tha6t their not born here. Of course some undocumented people do come to do bad things but not all even if some do need to get deported that doesn't mean the one without a record and have very good behavior do not need to be reported and many people would