rssEnding Birthright Citizenship Could Increase Undocumented Population
Wednesday, September 08, 2010 at 1:00 pm
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There have been plenty of arguments against this summer’s calls to end birthright citizenship: They were called racist, bad politics and political posturing. But ending birthright citizenship is also bad policy for those who want to decrease the population of illegal immigrants — because it has the exact opposite effect. The nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute reported today that even the most conservative changes to birthright citizen could cause the proportion of children without documents to double, from 2% of all children living in the U.S. to 4%.
The report looked at the likely growth of the illegal immigrant population in the U.S. between now and 2050, not taking into account changes in the flow of immigrants based on enforcement or the economy. Under the current system, all children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrant parents are citizens, meaning illegal status is not passed down the line to future generations. The illegal immigrant population is younger, on average, than the population overall, and had about 340,000 babies in the U.S. in 2008 — about 8 percent of the total number of children born in the U.S. that year.
If those children were undocumented, they would pass down illegal status to their children. The report projects that by 2050, about 4.7 million undocumented immigrants would have been born in the U.S., 1 million of them to U.S.-born parents.
“Even if we saw repeal under the most conservative of scenarios, which would only deny legal status if both parents are undocumented, it would expand the size of the undocumented population, and it would expand it substantially,” Michael Fix of Migration Policy Institute said on a conference call. “We would see the perpetuation of disadvantage.”
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The report takes a look at several policy options for citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants. The current law grants citizenship to all U.S.-born children, regardless of their status, under the 14th Amendment. If citizenship was minimized to only those with at least one citizen or legal resident parent, as Rep. Nathan Deal’s (R-Ga.) Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 suggests, it would significantly increase the number of undocumented children in the U.S. But that is not the most extreme option: As shown in the graph above, the number of projected illegal immigrant children jumps if citizenship is restricted to those born to legal mothers or to two legal parents.
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Comment posted September 8, 2010 @ 6:26 pm
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Duh, because the babies would remain illegal like their parents.
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The good news would be without the Anchors the illegals parents would not an incentive to come.
The good news would be without the Anchors the illegals would be easier to deport along with their children.
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Comment posted September 8, 2010 @ 11:50 pm
Most of the current US government along with Liberal progressives is one of the same. They are looking for any excuse to demonize the Governor Brewer and Senator Pierce in Arizona. She made an error about beheadings in the desert, but it’s been cruel sport by the so-called progressives, to use this against her. Even so not only are the people of the Grand Canyon state standing with her, but so is millions of prudent Americans. But it's not working out as planned, because state Attorney General Terry Goddard, a Democrat is a pro-path to citizenship or a full amnesty for all the illegal aliens squatting here and wants the lady governors job. What I mean by squatting they are only here temporary. They broke our laws, stealing into an America and taking poor Americans jobs, but also white collar positions and lowering wages nationwide. ICE director John Morton, Czar of the Obama administration have already been directed by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, to release illegal aliens back to the streets if they have not been convicted of a crime. THIS IS A TRAVESTY OF OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS, and it doesn't sit well with the American people.
There no doubt in my mind that our government, has been infected by hard core Liberals, whose philosophy is to tell the people what they want to hear. We were lied to about the extent of funding to the 2006 Secure Fence bill, as it was sabotaged by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson. Now we have a single strand fence, instead of two as designed by Rep. Duncan Hunter that is not complete in many locations–with hordes of drug dealers still passing through along with illegal aliens in ever increasing large numbers across open areas of water like Falcon Lake in Zapata Co, Texas. Open bridge walks still exist and even in Colorado, vehicles full of illegal aliens carrying drugs are slipping across the Colorado River on makeshift causeways.
We spend more cash in foreign countries, to defend their people than any of our governments have allocated in defense of our nation. California–a refuge state for illegal aliens, in just Los Angeles County paid out $52 million in just July alone, for the instant citizenship children. THAT'S JUST ONE COUNTY? How much for this insidious payout nationwide? WHAT ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO, DENVER, CHICAGO OR NEW YORK? Another $60 billion sent out the country for remittances, by illegal workers and another survey by (FAIR) $113 Billion in other allowances and payments to households. THEN THEY WANT TO ALLOW THE MEXICAN PEOPLE ACCESS TO OUR SOCIAL SECURITY?
The saddened side of it is, we pay for it all. We–the taxpayers are taken for a ride, by being taxed for supporting the welfare for illegal alien’s households. We educate their children; we pay for their health care treatments and not the employers who illegally hire them. We even pay for the instant citizenship of babies, intentionally birthed in America so the Mother can collect all the entitlements that should be going to our children, our old folks, single Mothers, veterans and the homeless. If our government didn't accommodate illegal aliens, like Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and a very long list of politicians, there would be enough public housing for all our own homeless.
These Liberals, Democrats and a handful of Republicans are under the delusion that this situation is to continue. Every pro-amnesty incumbent, every open border politician will be dragged from their comfortable offices and stand in the unemployment line. Look at–ALL–pro-illegal alien lawmakers to view their records by Googling–NUMBERSUSA and ON THE ISSUES websites. The Tea party movement, Independents is starting a landslide of removing incumbents. Look at each of your own policy makers and check their stand. Remember 15 million Americans are out of work, with an estimated 8.5 million illegal aliens taken jobs.
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Comment posted October 20, 2010 @ 6:41 am
This leftist, reconquista writer is so full of crap! The MPI is a left-wing org with ties to La Raza and other anti-America, reconquista groups. This piece's premise is based on a bald-faced lie! If birthright citizenship is ended (which by the way was only granted by only ONE former SCOTUS justice in 1982, Justice Brennan's opinion which helped open the floodgates), the number of illegals will diminish as new births of anchor babies won't have Brennan's decision as the force of law behind them! That plus 1070 popping up in 20 or more states in January or February will have the effect of dampening the reason for breaking into the U.S. by illegal alien women and thus the number of future anchor babies will greatly diminish. The expansion of 1070 laws across the nation will make it much harder for illegal alien men to get work, leading to more repatriation by attrition thru enforcement or A.T.E.
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