100 trumps.

I don't agree with anchor babies if the parents are here illegally. If the parents are here legally, it might be more up to discussion, but even that should be a case by case situation if the parents aren't citizens.


I'm not 100% but I'd suspect I couldn't go to say Norway or France with a pergnet wife, have a kid while on vacation then expect to live there because the kid was born there.. I wouldn't suspect many countries would allow that, but then again I could be wrong.

The whole premise of anchor babies just encourages abuse of the law.

I just think it's fucking hilarious that we're once again having this exact same argument that was supposed to be "settled" back in 1986 :1orglaugh

When amnesty was granted to 4 million illegals with congress's solemn promise that we would never do anything like that again. :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigr...ol_Act_of_1986

That's when I first heard of and was appalled by the practice of "anchor babies" a practice that still continues 29 years later :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

As usual government was never held accountable for breaking it's promises.

I'll say it again, we have the government we deserve. :upsidedow

Politicians don't need to be held accountable. They need to get in, sell some dreams and then blame the other guy when those dreams don't happen, then promise the dreams again to get elected once again. Rinse and repeat.

What happens when a businessman depends on "blaming the other guy?" They lose their business and are out on the streets. Toxic.

Um... That's exactly what it means. If an ambassador from another country is living in NY and his wife has a babe in NY.... That baby is in fact US Citizen.

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However, the longer he stays in the race, more he will give to the Democrats. He's not popular at all with the undecided and independents (8%-12% of voters).

Trump, the bell tolls for thee!

not.

he's 6 points out from HIlls, when she drops out and the DNC falls into complete disarray, he'll be standing alone at the top of both party's heaps of candidates.

The 14th amendment specifically says diplomats do not fall under the jurisdiction of the US. I hope the issue goes to court and a ruling officially gets challenged. Even though the amendment gives congress sole discretion to name who gets citizenship.

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The Author of the Citizen clause of the 14th amendment:

Native Americans were excluded because their jurisdiction/loyalty was to their tribes. In 1884 a native left his reservation and tried to get US citizenship. He was denied by the supreme court as he was deemed to still have partial loyalty to his tribe. Congress changed this and made all Natives citizens in 1923 using their power to decide who can be allowed.

1898 in United States v. Wong Kim Ark the Supreme court ordered that children born in the United States to permanent legal residents of the US are afforded the right of citizenship.

That is the only decision on whose babies, other than citizens could be afforded automatic citizenship.

Neither the Supreme Court or Congress have ever declared or changed the law to provide children of either illegals, tourists, foreigners or diplomats automatic citizenship.

Congress could convene tomorrow and declare that of course, but haven't. In fact in 1997 congress tried to convene to make the language crystal clear that the above were not automatic citizens by birth. But outside groups pressured them to not pass it. One of the biggest champions of this language was Sen Harry Reid. You can google his 1993 floor speech about why it should not be granted to these children.

Eventually this will come before the Supreme Court. Even if congress passes their own new language either way, it will get challenged to the court.

Bullshit, as Trump knows, he just files bankruptcy and pretends he has no money till the day after the hearing...

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i know you're trying "rile up the conservatives" but really. think about what you just wrote- that Trump scammed the courts and that his personal resources were involved with more than the first br. you can't pretend to be broke as a strategy with high-profile proceedings like this, they are scrutinized to the nth degree. and Trump's personal resources were only at risk in the first one anyway.

France, you could have but they changed their laws in 1993, so now you can't. List of recent countries that stopped the practice of granting birthrights to non citizens babies.
Australia (2007)
New Zealand (2005)
Ireland (2005)
France (1993)
India (1987)
Malta (1989)
UK (1983)
Portugal (1981)


Outside of the USA, Canada and Mexico, the only other countries that give automatic citizenship at birth for all, is the Latin American and Caribbean countries. No European or Asian country allows it. But you are in luck if you go have your child in Pakistan!!

Great, fine, brilliant. Diplomats don't count. Diplomats typically aren't making anchor babies.

I can think of dozens of people on GFY alone will be impacted by this. One poster on this board is married to a man born in the US, but his parents were here legally on a work visa when he was born. Wonderful. Let's kick them both out of the country, and their new baby too. Then we can take their house.

How does that solve our problem?

You are so ridiculous it makes my head hurt sometimes. Nobody is saying to retroactively take away citizenship. People are making the argument to change it going forward. Of course you know this, and just like to kick and scream and act irrational to try extra hard to make your point.

Immigration reform that will make America great again

The three core principles of Donald J. Trump's immigration plan
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positio...gration-reform
The (reformer's ) legal theory and reasoning of the 14 Amendment's intent of Congress.
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Donald Trump’s Mexican Border Wall Is a Moronic Idea

https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/18...ration-border/

A president Trump will be a diplomatic nightmare. His immigration policy is a scam for the populist and simpleton voters to grasp to, to change their lives of believed misery that they believe to be the fault of the "Pedros" of the world, that who for the most part, come to the United States to work toward bettering their lives at "Homer's" expense.

Trump is a top feeder and you naively believe that he is looking out for your interests ROFLMO. Trump will spend $500 million of his own money to try to get the Republican nomination -- Why?

And if he doesn't get the Republican nomination: He implies the threat to run, Trump and his over sized ego, as an independent third party candidate for President and guarantee the election of a President Hillary (or other Democrat candidate).

No mater who wins this time we all will lose ...

Vote for Captain Kirk

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Jesus....are you just trolling? Freedom of speech protects ALL speech. And yes Ben Franklin loved dirty pictures and prostitutes.

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Really, because it sounds exactly what Trump is talking about.

Donald Trump clashed with Bill O?Reilly on Tuesday night over the part of his immigration plan that would take away citizenship from the children who were born in the United States but whose parents came to the country illegally.

Donald Trump 2016: To Bill O'Reilly, Trump says 14th Amendment is unconstitutional - POLITICO

To me the anchor baby question should be very simple. Is one of the parents a US citizen? If so, the baby is a US citizen. If not, the baby is not.

Agreed. That is the way it should be. The Supreme Court already made it so perm residents children also get this right. But that should be the only exceptions.

+1 - What was Hilly thinking?

If a person is a permanent legal resident of the US, I don't have a problem with their baby being a US citizen.

I just don't like seeing illegals coming here, having kids and then since the kids are US citizens it makes it harder to deport the parents, not to mention the system now supporting the families.

Totally agree with you.