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On 09 Nov 2021, Ubiquitous <webermark@polaris.net> posted some news:smfehp$klc$6@news.dns-netz.com:

Shoot the illegal aliens at the border. They are breaking US law,
committing an act of war, kill them. Kick Obama out too.

Calls to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants
are gaining steam among the 2024 Republican presidential primary field,
with now at least three hopefuls backing the controversial move.

Vivek Ramaswamy said this week that he supports ending birthright
citizenship for children of illegal immigrants.

"I think for a period of time it’s going to be necessary in this
country, because you have an influx of migrants across that southern
border, fourteen thousand-plus a day by some estimates crossing that
southern border. That is not a rule of law, that is the abandonment of
the rule of law," he said on CNN.

"So if migrants are coming illegally, intentionally to be able to
establish an illegal toehold in the United States, then I think that’s something we should not abide in this country," he said.

While birthright citizenship grants citizenship to the children of legal immigrants in the U.S., the debate has focused primarily on whether that
should also apply to those who are in the country illegally.

The 14th Amendment 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 wherein they reside."

Critics of the move have said it would require a constitutional change.

GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SHREDS ‘IDIOTIC’ CALLS TO END AMERICAN
BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP

"Our Founding Fathers decided that people born here were immediately
citizens. Cracking open the Constitution to eliminate that right seems
really idiotic," Miami Mayor and GOP presidential candidate Francis
Suarez, whose parents were both immigrants from Cuba, told the Daily
Caller last month.

Those in support have argued that the amendment has been misinterpreted
— pointing to the requirement that the persons must be "subject to the jurisdiction" of the U.S.

DESANTIS UNVEILS BORDER SECURITY PLAN TO ‘STOP THE INVASION’; BLASTS
BIDEN AND JABS AT TRUMP

But as the U.S. continues to face a border crisis, which conservatives
believe has been fueled by liberal immigration policies and other
incentives — including birthright citizenship — the idea of limiting citizenship to children of citizens or legal residents has received a
new impetus.

Former President Donald Trump, currently the front-runner in the primary
race, said in May that he would sign an executive order "on day one"
that will instruct federal agents that the "correct interpretation of
the law" does not grant citizenship to the children of illegal
immigrants, regardless of their birthplace.

"Joe Biden has launched an illegal foreign invasion of our country,
allowing a record number of illegal aliens to storm across our borders,"
Trump said in a video posted on Twitter. "Even though these millions of
illegal border crossers have entered the country unlawfully, all of
their future children will become automatic U.S. citizens. Can you
imagine?

"They'll be eligible for welfare, taxpayer-funded health care, the right
to vote, chain migration and countless other government benefits, many
of which will also profit the illegal alien parents. This policy is a
reward for breaking the laws of the United States and is obviously a
magnet, helping draw a flood of illegals across our borders."

DESANTIS DEFENDS MIGRANT FLIGHTS TO CALIFORNIA, BLAMES SANCTUARY
JURISDICTIONS FOR ENCOURAGING ‘OPEN BORDER’

Trump first made the promise during his 2016 campaign and pledged to end
it multiple times during his presidency, but it never happened.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who polls suggest is currently in second
place in the GOP primary race, also backed the idea as he unveiled his
border security plan last month in Eagle Pass, Texas.

"This idea that you can come across the border, two days later have a
child, and somehow that’s an American citizen — that was not the
original understanding of the 14th Amendment, and so we’ll take action
to force a clarification of that," he said last month.

TOP GOP 2024 CANDIDATES RALLY AROUND KEY TRUMP-ERA IMMIGRATION POLICY
NIXED BY BIDEN ADMIN

"I think its wrong that people would use our country for things like
birth tourism, so we’re going to be removing the incentives to come here illegally," he said.

It is the latest sign of a drift to the right by the Republican field on immigration. Candidates have already rallied around the Trump-era "Remain-in-Mexico" policy, which kept migrants in Mexico for their
hearings and was put on ice by the Biden administration.

Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley has put out a muscular immigration
policy that would see mandatory E-Verify and funding cut to states that
hand out benefits to illegal immigrants.

Meanwhile, DeSantis has promised to shut down the southern border on day
one and to "stop the invasion."

https://news.yahoo.com/ending-birthright-citizenship-children-illegal-165 857432.html

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