We do not amend the Constitution to fix temporary problems.

One purpose of the 14th amendment was to establish a Federal, as opposed to state, standard for citizenship. Repeal it and we will have chaos.

The very idea is mean spirited.

Borders that separate the wealthy form the poor provoke wars.

Grants automatic citizenship to people born in the United States-leave it alone

For people born here from illegal aliens-NO!!!!! NO!!!!!!Ship them and their law braking parents the hell out of here

Any idea what this costs US--US the taxpayers?You expect ME to foot this bill--NO FREAKIN WAY

The cost of educating an estimated 800,000 illegal alien school children in the nation's seven states with the highest concentration of illegals was $3.1 billion in 1993 (extrapolated to $4.6 billion in 1996 by FAIR), but this estimate does not at all take into account the additional costs of bilingual education or other special educational needs.
It is estimated that the number of children born to illegal aliens each year is 165,000. This figure is based on the crude birth rate of the total foreign-born population (33 birth per 1000) and the size of the illegal alien population (five million).
In 1994, California paid for 74,987 deliveries to illegal alien mothers, at a total cost of $215.2 million (an average of $2,842 per delivery). Illegal alien mothers accounted for 36 percent of all Medi-Cal funded births in California that year.

I dont believe anchor babies should be stripped of their citizenship. But I think that if their parents are here illegally they could go and their children that are citizens can stay. Now if they are good parents they would of course take their children. The kids maintain their citizenship and when they reach majority they can return and sponsor their parents if they can. Its not an easy answer and not an easy solution.

I could not agree with Doug more!! What part of illegal do people not understand, if you are born from illegal alien, who in their right mind concluded that the child should be a citizen, if they followed the rules and did it the way our grandparents did that would be the proper way. By the way it our tax dollars the pay for that pregnancy and delivery. I do not know about others but money is tight and I want to keep as much as I can. Those that have differing opinions, put your conviction to the test, lets have a national referendum and those that vote for it should be responsible to pay for it, then lets see who is really behind Anchor babies become automatic citizens. Regarding the constitution, how could framers from over a century ago expect to cover the current situation now.

Children born to people who are in this country illegally should not be allowed to gain citizenship. American citizenship should not be given as a reward to the children of parents who commit the crime of entering this country illegally and entering this country illegally is still a crime.

When you break the law of the land...there is always casualties, you maty lose your car, home, and some parents even lose their children depending on the crime. If we are going to be taken seriously, we have to have serious penalties

The 14th amendment does not automatically grant citizenship to anyone born in the US. At least one parent must be a US citizen. Two Mexican citizen parents, whether here legally or illegally, are subject to the jurisdiction of Mexico and therefore; their child born in the USA is not a US citizen.

This is not rocket science.

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.

When is this worthless president going to do something to secure our borders?

NOBAMACARE:
Missouri's Proposition C, which calls for the state to be exempt from requiring health care insurance for individuals, passed by a whopping 71 percent.

If I understand this correctly:

If the father is a citizen and the mother is not a citizen, (even if the citizen father dies before child-birth), then the child is a citizen.

If the father and mother are subjects of a foriegn country: The new born child is a citizen or subject of the parents originating foreign country.

So unless the parents (or one of the parents) are naturalized, then the child is a subject of their parents country of origin.

Then why are illigal “anchor babies” and their parent(s), given automatic access to every concievable free social program the United States has to offer?

It has just become the political thing to do with no legal standing. Do I have this right?

If the parents are subjects of France or Canada, or England, per se and are illegaly in the United States,then the new born infant is a citizen of what country??????

Robert: care to answer?

.. This is a ammendment that should be re-examined and possibly be overturned, the abuse and costs to taxpayers is devastaing

.. This is NOT "mean spirited", whats mean spirited is the ABUSE given to the tax payers of the country!

.. Its amazing how ILLEGALS now have more rights that law obiding tax paying citizens, what the f)(k is going on in this country? SRSLY?

".. Its amazing how ILLEGALS now have more rights that law obiding tax paying citizens, what the f)(k is going on in this country? SRSLY?" -Tom

Most of our leaders and politicians have their own agenda. They are completely out of sync with the people. They are ruled by money and power need votes to continue that lifestyle. They have lost touch with reality. When they get caught doing something wrong, like not paying their taxes, abusing their power, dishonesty, etc. They seem to legitimately not understand what it is they did wrong because it is just business as usual.

They have no right to consistently go against the peoples will but they do because they think they were elected as rulers. We put foxes in charge of the Hen house and at some point we will stop producing eggs. Then what?

LMAO! The Federal Govt could re-institute the military draft tommorow or conscript all citizens between the ages of 18-42 to be sent to a foreign nation,fight and die, (maybe for the intrest of a multi national corporation), yet all the (generational) illegal aliens present in this country would be lawfully exempt.

And if a politician gets caught doing something we'd be locked up for,it's just a mis judgment and as long as they apologize,it's OK
WT** is this all about
I say bring on term limits.One term and your outta here

The 14th Amendment is clear, people born inside the United States are American citizens.
End of story.
What the GOP Leadership is doing is not only wrong, it's racist.
Stop spreading MYTHS to make your racist lies.

There is the the R word again used to invalidate any one that dares to speak the truth. All that is being talked about is obeying the laws of our country. If the 14th Amendment is the law then lets follow it. If not breaking into the country is the law, then lets enforce that. We can't pick and choose what laws to follow to fit our desires. We can't have it both ways. If we secured our borders we would not be having this discussion.

Miguel and his irk are the racist's. The discussion is about all illegal aliens. Wherever they may come from.

"The 14th Amendment is clear, people born inside the United States are American citizens."-Miguel

"If the 14th Amendment is the law then lets follow it."-Mike G

It doesn't matter if the parents of a child born in the US are murderers, terrorists, child-molestors, or whatever; the sins of the parents are not to be used as an excuse to punish the innocent.

"If we secured our borders we would not be having this discussion."-Mike G

How do you secure the borders? How do you round up 12 million "illegals", and where would the billions of dollars for this herculean task come from? Any such massive police-state action would bring the loudest howls of protest from those who are complaining now.

The sins of the parents should not be an excuse to reward the parents either.

McCain’s Constitutional Dilemma: Native Son But Not Natural Born?
February 29, 2008 / http://tinyurl.com/2am7hd
John McCain’s possible election could trigger review under an obscure part of the Constitution: the birth eligibility provision of Article II. The requirement that an American be “natural-born” has long been controversial, but few associated John McCain with the problem as opposed to other leaders like Arnold Schwarzenegger. McCain, however, may be a foreign born citizen given his birth in the Canal Zone. Due to the bar on advisory opinions, this issue might not be ripe for review until after the general election, triggering another Bush v. Gore moment in the high court. Ted Olson has even been retained for the possible fight to complete the scene for a Supreme redux.

McCain was born in 1936 in the Panama Canal Zone while his father was stationed there as a naval officer. In 1787, however, the framers insisted that any president be natural born — that is, born within the United States. It is a requirement that some of us have long criticized as counter to our tradition as a nation of immigrants
http://jonathanturley.org/2008/02/29/mccains-constitutional-dilemma-native-son-but-not-natural-born/

"How do you secure the borders? How do you round up 12 million "illegals", and where would the billions of dollars for this herculean task come from? Any such massive police-state action would bring the loudest howls of protest from those who are complaining now." -Mike Q

Catchin up...Mike Q- The problem I have is, we haven't even gotten to the point to discuss "How". Our government is following the will of big business, special interests, and self interest. They have no desire to follow the peoples will and no desire to protect our borders. If they did, they would find a way, and a way to pay, just like they did in IRAQ and Afghanistan, just like they had money to bailout the auto company's and to extend unemployment. For many years they allowed this problem to get out of control and they allow it to continue. Protecting the border is not a priority perhaps because they don't care about the sovereignty of this country or they care more about a globalist, border-less society. No countries, no possessions, no God = peace and joy for everyone, so say the deceivers:

"Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace..."

"Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world..."
John Lennon