New “model legislation” continues to be proposed by an immigration activist group. The group is State Legislators for Legal Immigration. This bill would rewrite law so a child born of illegal immigrants on United States soil would not be a citizen. These so-called “anchor babies” are the newest target of the immigration debate. This can result in a vast amount of immigrants applying for paydayloans to get their citizenship.
Who are anchor babies?
Anyone who is born within the United States to an illegal immigrant parent is called an "anchor baby". The kids are United States citizens. They have parents that aren't though. Section 1 of the 14th Amendment states:
“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.”
United States Citizenship is given “to all persons born within the United States not subject to any foreign power.” This is as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
There is State Legislators for Legal Immigration too
State Legislators for Legal Immigration is a coalition that was at first started by Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl D. Metcalf. Its mission statement says that the group works toward ” eliminating all economic attractions and incentives (including, but not limited to: public benefits, welfare, education and employment opportunities) for illegal aliens, as well as securing our borders against unlawful invasion.” Arizona's immigration reform was supported by the group that has also given states trying to reform immigration support from legal scholars.
The model legislation that anchor babies can be in
There is "model legislation" that the SLLI released lately. This would make it so that any child born in the United States with parents aren’t citizens might not have citizenship. The SLLI says the policy of citizenship-by-birth encourages illegal immigration and makes it easier to circumvent immigration procedures. No state legislature has yet to make an effort to pass the model legislation, though lawmakers from 40 states have signed on to the SLLI. Whichever state passes it first may have a hard time probably considering it is going to be very controversial legislation.
Articles cited
State Legislators For Legal Immigration
statelegislatorsforlegalimmigration.com/NewsItem.aspx?NewsID=10195
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_Clause
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