Its one thing to have a baby here in the US and the parents are documented visitors to the US, its quite another when the intent of having a baby in the US is simply "anchor" themselves here. In order to create a solution, we need to understand the problem.
Not all "anchor" babies are born here with ill intent, some are born here because their parents are escaping a bad situation (tyranny, genocide, etc). Is it within the spirit of the Constitution to say no to these people? I think not. Therefore, we need to allow for this.
I'm just spit-balling here but what if we allowed "anchor" babies only in the case of documented visitors/immigrants and those seeking asylum. What is meant by asylum is that the undocumented immigrant turns themselves into the authorities and requests asylum. They are then documented and indoctrinated while their claim for asylum is processed.
The problem I see with this is the increase of bureaucracy this will cause. However, it would reduce the influx of undocumented immigrants which is the real problem here, right?
Of course this means that if a baby is born here to undocumented parents they would not be citizens which still disagrees with the Constitution.
The root problem is undocumented immigrants and if we make it hard for them to work here there won't be an incentive unless they really want to be American in which case I say good for them and let them declare themselves to authorities and be indoctrinated.
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Steven Tindall wrote:
ok lets see if this link works, I read it originally on yahoo but found the same article on TIME, so heres the link( I hope)
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