With his administration under siege, Trump has returned to the issue of immigration to rally support from his base. But instead of attacking illegal immigration, he wants to change our legal immigration policies. Here are the videos for the meeting:
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Here is the breaking news video shown at the beginning of the meeting:
Here is the breaking news video shown at the beginning of the meeting:
Here is the TED Talk on English in China shown at the end of the meeting:
Would you qualify? I didn't. http://time.com/4887574/trump-raise-act-immigration/
ReplyDeleteRe automatic citizenship for babies born in the U.S. (from a letter to the WaPo):
ReplyDeleteThe Oct. 6 editorial "The war on birthright babies" misstated the 14th Amendment, which says, "All persons born or naturalized in the United states, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States ..." The crucial phrase, omitted in the editorial, is "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof." That phrase means that it is not sufficient for the baby to simply be born in the united States for the baby to be a U.S. citizen. the baby must also be "subject to the jurisdiction thereof." Testimony of those who wrote the amendment shows that this phrase meant having sole allegiance to the United states. A baby, obviously incapable of pledging allegiance to anything, is presumed to have allegiance to the parents' country. Therefore, the 14th amendment, properly understood, does not confer U.S. citizenship on babies born in the United States to foreign parents.
The editorial also said that Texas, in refusing birth certificates to babies born to illegal immigrant parents, is making the babies "stateless non-persons, devoid of rights and privileges." This is patently absurd. Babies born abroad to U.S. citizens are U.S. citizens. they are not "stateless non-persons."
Other countries recognize babies born abroad to citizens of that country to be citizens of the parents' country. furthermore, all persons within the borders of the United States are entitled to certain rights and privileges whether they are citizens or not and whether they have a birth certificate or not. Jay R. Baker, Rockville.
My two daughters were born in Brussels, and there was never any question as to their having U.S. citizenship.