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Should children of illegal immigrants be granted legal citizenship?

The 14th amendment of the U.S. constitution states that “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.” Opponents of birth right citizenship argue that the 14th amendment is not clear since it does not specifically state that babies born to parents who were in the United States unlawfully were automatically citizens. Proponents argue that overturning the 14th amendment would increase the number of undocumented immigrants with each child born here, cost the U.S. taxpayers billions, and reduce the tax base.

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64%
Yes
36%
No
43%
Yes
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No
14%
Yes, if they were born here
5%
No, they must formally apply like every other new citizen
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Yes, but only after performing 4 years of military service or graduating college
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No, all illegal immigrants should be deported
3%
Yes, but it should not grant their parents citizenship
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Yes, and abolish all national borders

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 @4YS8D6Zfrom Oregon  answered…4yrs4Y

Children of illegal immigrants should be deported with their parents. Children of illegals who are born here should be immediately placed into foster care and the parents deported.

 @4PQN7G4from New York  answered…4yrs4Y

No! They are citizens of their parents homelands. The 14th amendment was expressly for the children of slaves. Unless the parents were legally in the US and in process of achieving permanent or citizenship status then the kids should NOT get citizenship.

 @4Q4HBM9from California  answered…4yrs4Y

if you are born in the United States of America you are a citizen

 @4RS8N5Yfrom Florida  answered…4yrs4Y

Once an illegal has committed a crime and gets deported for it he/she should be tattooed so that when he/she simply re-crosses the border anyone can see they are illegal and report them. We have had enough instances of repeat crimes from illegal aliens.

 @4JHCCKKfrom Idaho  answered…4yrs4Y

Do we REALLY want to go fight World War One again? Are people really so stupid as to not remember that widespread failure to grant citizenship rights ethnic minorities was why Ferdinand was shot and ignited a world war? Yeah, unfortunately, we probably are that stupid.

 @58F3P54from New York  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only if that child was conceived here.

 @4R2CGJKfrom Wisconsin  answered…4yrs4Y

I agree with the 14th amendment: 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.

*Naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act

 @4RYHLZQfrom Washington  answered…4yrs4Y

yes and we should at that moment of birth have a process in place to make the parents legal at the very least work here, unless they are engaged in criminal activities. Only then should the family be split up for the safety of the child.

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