14th Amendment
August 6th 2010 03:30
So the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution starts out:
This one sentence has caused as many problems, or more problems than any other sentence I know.
You may be asking yourself why.
The reason is that people come to the US illegally, have a child, and then are allowed to stay. Why is this? Well according to the 14th Amendment, the child was born here so they are a US citizen and have rights. One of which is to have their illegal parents stay with them in the US.
This Amendment was more for the children of slaves and making sure they were allowed/considered citizens. Congress proposed this amendment because of the decision in the Dred Scott case which stated blacks could not become citizens of the US.
The world has changed a lot since the US was founded. I think it is time to make a few changes, this being one of them. What do you think?
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.
This one sentence has caused as many problems, or more problems than any other sentence I know.
You may be asking yourself why.
The reason is that people come to the US illegally, have a child, and then are allowed to stay. Why is this? Well according to the 14th Amendment, the child was born here so they are a US citizen and have rights. One of which is to have their illegal parents stay with them in the US.
This Amendment was more for the children of slaves and making sure they were allowed/considered citizens. Congress proposed this amendment because of the decision in the Dred Scott case which stated blacks could not become citizens of the US.
The world has changed a lot since the US was founded. I think it is time to make a few changes, this being one of them. What do you think?
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