The 14th Amendment : Birth Tourism

A pro is that they help the economy by taking the jobs the Americans do not want to do. That way the companies of those jobs will thrive and reach their projected goals they needed to reach. When all these companies thrive and are successful that is good for the economy. Another pro is that the ones that have jobs must pay their taxes, and those taxes help pay the U.S economy. A con for having immigrants in the state is that the taxpayers’ money is spent on border patrol and for deportation. That is why some say to let them be in the country instead of deporting them back where they came from, which costs a lot of money that they do not have. The U.S. is already in debt so the more they spend on those that are not from the country, causes them to go even deeper in debt. One more con is that they add to the population that is already overpopulated, which causes overcrowding to the buses, and trains. Others also say that they steal the scholarships away from the legal immigrants instead of the illegal

Immigration in the United States is a complex demographic activity that has been a major contribution to population growth and cultural change throughout much of the nation's history. The many aspects of immigration have controversy in economic benefits, jobs for non-immigrants, settlement patterns, crime, and even voting behavior. Congress has passed many laws that have to do with immigrants especially in the 19th century such as the Naturalization Act of 1870, and the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, or even the Immigration Act of 1903 all to insure specific laws and boundaries set on immigrants. The life of immigrants has been drastically changed throughout the years of 1880-1925 through aspects such as immigrants taking non-immigrants

The amendments were put into place to protect the rights and civil liberties of all American citizens from the federal government. However, prior to the fourteenth amendment, there was no certainty with the constitution. The constitution did not state in a clear enough way who was protected under it and exactly what rights you had as an American Citizen. The 14th amendment was in response to the just passed thirteenth amendment, which ended slavery in all of the southern states. This document drastically changed the perception of the citizens, showing that it protected the civil rights of whites and blacks. While the fourteenth amendment was instated to expand citizenship, it has caused controversy and debate in the court system with two major key points, the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses.

There are many pros to this topic, such as the fact that the government would earn more taxes. Most illegal aliens are paid under the table because of the law. If we provided the undocumented workers with amnesty, they could be paid legally and pay taxes. This would contribute to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, the NLCATP reported. Another positive would be that welfare dollars would be going toward American legal residents. So much money is going to illegal immigrants every year. What if we made them legal residents? The money would then be contributing to the welfare of Americans, no longer the foreigners. (“Pro and Cons of Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants.”)

Imagine living in a world where everyone was considered equal. Imagine living in a world where people were considerate of others. Imagine living in a world where everyone had the same rights and privileges. The Framers took a step at achieving this world with the passage of the 14th amendment. The intent of the 14th amendment was to prevent state governments from denying African Americans in the U.S. from their citizenship. At the time Africans were unable to attain citizenship because of their skin color. The Framer’s objective in formulating the 14th amendment was to grant citizenship to everyone born in the U.S., regardless of skin color. The 14th amendment expanded the protection of civil rights to all citizens in America.

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 and many of them believe to seek American Dream. 1 According to the “Born In The USA: Why Chinese ‘Birth Tourism’ Is Booming In California”, “Chinese women are flocking to the United States — California, in particular — to have children who will grow up as American citizens,” and it reports that “Chinese births in the U.S, but estimates by industry publications projected a total of 60,000 for 2014” (Sheehan). The 14th Amendment should require more process to give a U.S. citizen from birth tourism by requiring the tourists parents enroll in a program that teach about U.S. government, and they will know the duty of American is a must for Americans.

The fourteenth Amendment clearly states that 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 where they reside. This amendment enables pregnant woman to come into the United States , either legally or illegally, long enough to have a baby born in the United States granting them with full rights of citizenship and return home. People have come to question and assume that this section of the fourteenth amendment has become a problem, believing that these pregnant women have arrived to only bring disgrace and in justice to our Country. Those people who question these pregnants women's thoughts and actions, are wrong. These Women are not a problem to the United States for not all of their intentions are wrong, and most of their hearts are in the right place.

What are the pros of hard working immigrants? According to " The Future of Children" immigrant familes have a lot of strengths. First off the dedication that immigrant parents have to feed their families is phenominal. Also immigrants are healthy. The work ethic

Immigration can be defined as passing foreigners to a country and making it their permanent residence. Reasons ranging from politics, economy, natural disasters, wish to change ones surroundings and poverty are in the list of the major causes of immigration in both history and today. In untied states, immigration comes with complexities in its demographic nature. A lot of cultural and population growth changes have been witnessed as a result of immigration. In the following paper, I will focus on how immigration helps United States as compared to the mostly held view that it hurts America.

It is July 28, 1868, Lincoln is dead and the US is in full reconstruction. With Ulysses S Grant as president, the US legislature was trying to pass the 14th amendment to the constitution. This would be a key piece in the reconstruction process. The fourteenth amendment states that: People born or naturalized in the U.S. are American citizens, and individual states cannot deprive them of their constitutional rights (the "equal protection" clause). This amendment ensured that all citizens from all states enjoyed not only rights on the federal level but on the state level, too. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was proposed on July 9, 1868, and on July 28, 1868, it was added to the condition. It was added to address of racism more specifically

This article is a letter to the editor about the controversy about the 14th amendment and whether letting illegal immigrant children becoming citizens follows that amendment. According to the 14th amendment, a person must pass two requirements in order to become an automatic citizen; they must be born in the U.S and be “ subject to its jurisdiction and with no other allegiance to another country”. Senator Jacob Howard explained that the 14th amendment excluded the Native Americans and “persons born in the U.S who are foreigners, aliens, [or] who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers. Said differently, the amendment didn’t refer to what are called “ partial’’ jurisdiction, as “sojourners” and the amendment absolutely did

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

According to “Human Sexuality: Diversity in Contemporary America,” women and couples planning the birth of a child have decisions to make in variety of areas: place of birth, birth attendant(s), medication, preparedness classes, circumcision, breast feeding, etc. The “childbirth market” has responded to consumer concerns, so its’ important for prospective consumers to fully understand their options. With that being said, a woman has the choice to birth her child either at a hospital or at home. There are several differences when it comes to hospital births and non-hospital births.

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 has lots of disadvantages but has equally good advantages that countries like America support immigration and makes illegal residents legalized. Many of these countries are allowing people to cross their borders but also at the same time trying to keep evil as terrorists at check to support a stable and safe society. Nadadur points out to some benefits in "Illegal Immigration: A Positive Economic Contribution to the United States" which are, immigrants pay taxes for the children who are born in the country and making them legal would impact positively on countries economic growth and because of this reason, illegal immigration has become a major problem for political parties in developed country and are working towards an agenda to make the rules around immigration better. (1041)