H.R. 140 - Birthright Citizenship

Realizing that I will hear from one or two Constitutionalists, the liberal rag New Times Broward/Palm Beach, open border people and those believing that we should be all one country in this big ole world of ours with the U.S. paying the tab, there are many who believe that Anchor Babies, (the offspring of illegal aliens) getting automatic U.S. citizenship, must end.

From time to time Bills have been introduced in Congress seeking to declare children born of foreign nationals that declare that they are not subject to the "jurisdiction" of the United States, and therefore not entitled to citizenship via the 14th Amendment, unless at least one parent were a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident.

On January 5, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) introduced H.R. 140, the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011. H.R. 140 would end the process of granting automatic birthright citizenship to the babies born in the United States to illegal aliens. This Bill has been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

"The original intent of the 14^th Amendment was clearly not to facilitate illegal aliens defying U.S. law at taxpayer expense. Current estimates indicate there may be over 300,000 anchor babies born each year in the U.S., thus causing illegal alien mothers to add more to the U.S. population each year than immigration from all sources in an average year before 1965."

Send Congressman King an e-mail and let him know that you agree--the law needs to change as birthright citizenship incentivises illegal immigration by making anchor babies eligible to sponsor their illegal alien mothers and other relatives once they turn 21.

The birth of a baby doesn't right the wrong of its parent.

The Intent of the 14th Amendment as brought forth in 1866 by Sen. Jacob Howard:

"Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. It settles the great question of citizenship and removes all doubt as to what persons are or are not citizens of the United States. This has long been a great desideratum in the jurisprudence and legislation of this country."