Hey everybody out there that want to become more involved in the future of America for the sake of your Children, Grandchildren, Nieces, and Nephews here is something we as Citzens need to become involved in. Something we need to push Congress into doing their job and change the Birthright Law in America, Below is a little info on Birthright laws World Wide! Advocates of maintaining this citizenship policy argue that the plain language of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment protects automatic birthright citizenship for all children born to illegal and temporary aliens. However, several legal scholars and political scientists who have delved into the history of the 14th Amendment have concluded that “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” has no plain meaning and that the executive branch’s current, broad application of the Citizenship Clause may not be warranted. The overwhelming majority of the world’s countries do not offer automatic citizenship to everyone born within their borders. Over the past few decades, many countries that once did so — including Australia, Ireland, India, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Malta, and the Dominican Republic — have repealed those policies. Other countries are considering changes. In the United States, both Democrats and Republicans have introduced legislation aimed at narrowing the application of the Citizenship Clause. In 1993, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) introduced legislation what would limit birthright citizenship to the children of U.S. citizens and legally resident aliens, and similar bills have been introduced by other legislators in every Congress since. The current Congress saw the introduction by Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) of the “Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009,” which so far has gathered nearly 100 sponsors.1 This Backgrounder briefly explains some policy concerns that result from an expansive application of the Citizenship Clause, highlights recent legislative efforts to change the policy, provides a historical overview of the development of the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, and includes a discussion of how other countries approach birthright citizenship. The paper concludes that Congress should clarify the scope of the Citizenship Clause and promote a serious discussion on whether the United States should automatically confer the benefits and burdens of U.S. citizenship on the children of aliens whose presence is temporary or illegal. Of advanced economies, Canada and the United States are the only countries that grant automatic citizenship to children born to illegal aliens. No European country grants automatic citizenship to children of illegal aliens. 14th Amendment history seems to indicate that the Citizenship Clause was never intended to benefit illegal aliens nor legal foreign visitors temporarily present in the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the U.S.-born children of permanent resident aliens are covered by the Citizenship Clause, but the Court has never decided whether the same rule applies to the children of aliens whose presence in the United States is temporary or illegal. Some eminent scholars and jurists have concluded that it is within the power of Congress to define the scope of the Citizenship Clause through legislation and that birthright citizenship for the children of temporary visitors and illegal aliens could likely be abolished by statute without amending the Constitution. In an August 2010 report, the Center for Immigration Studies, through direct communication with foreign government officials and analysis of relevant foreign law including statutory and constitutional law, was able to confirm that 30 of the worlds 194 countries grant automatic birthright citizenship (although they were not able to obtain definitive information from 19 countries).[8] Jus soli around the world States that observe jus soli include: Antigua and Barbuda[9][12] Argentina[9] Barbados[9][13] Belize[9] Bolivia[9] Brazil[9] Canada[9][14] Costa Rica[9][15] (requires registration with the Costa Rican government before the age of twenty-five) Dominica[9] Ecuador[9] El Salvador[9] Fiji[16] Grenada[9] Guatemala[9] Guyana[9] Honduras[9] Jamaica[9][17] Lesotho[18] Mexico[9] Nicaragua[9] Pakistan[9][19] Panama[9] Paraguay[9] Peru[9] Saint Kitts and Nevis[9] Saint Lucia[9] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[9] Trinidad and Tobago[9] Tuvalu[20] United States[9][21] Uruguay[9] Venezuela[9][22]
Posted on: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:23:15 +0000