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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
What, change the law for the "Anchor babies"!!!!
This should have NEVER been legal, ever.
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Actually, once upon a time it made sense. For example, James and Mary immigrate from Germany/Ireland/Wales in 1810(or whatever year the law was passed). They hit the beach, then have kids in Boston. James and Mary may never go through classes, or otherwise do what they have to do to become "citizens". However, they were never going to re-locate outside the U.S., and wound up dying here. They paid taxes(as they were), got called up by the militia, went to church, etc.
Their children might have learned the old language as well as English, might have grown up on food that tasted like the old country, might have even grown up in an Irish/German/whatever neighborhood. But, they were "American".
As I have ranted before, what we need to do today is re-define "immigration". "Immigration" must mean pledging loyalty, intending to remain in the U.S., sharing in our triumphs and tragedies, etc. Showing up here, having an anchor baby while working illegally, is not within my definition of "immigration". Work visa, maybe. Call it whatever, it should not confer citizenship as we have done for so long.