An
argument to be made about immigrant babies and citizenship
GEORGE
F. WILL
Sunday, March 28, 2010; A15
A
simple reform would drain some scalding steam from immigration arguments that
may soon again be at a roiling boil. It would bring the interpretation
of the 14th Amendment
into conformity with what the authors of its text intended, and with common
sense, thereby removing an incentive for illegal immigration.
To end
the practice of "birthright citizenship," all that is required is to
correct the misinterpretation of that amendment's first sentence: "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." From these words has flowed the practice of
conferring citizenship on children born here to illegal immigrants.
A
parent from a poor country, writes professor Lino Graglia of the University of
Texas law school, "can hardly do more for a child than make him or her an
American citizen, entitled to all the advantages of the American welfare
state." Therefore, "It is difficult to imagine a more irrational and
self-defeating legal system than one which makes unauthorized entry into this
country a criminal offense and simultaneously provides perhaps the greatest
possible inducement to illegal entry."
Writing in the
Texas Review of Law and Politics, Graglia says this irrationality is rooted in a misunderstanding of
the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof." What was this
intended or understood to mean by those who wrote it in 1866 and ratified it in
1868? The authors and ratifiers could not have intended birthright citizenship
for illegal immigrants because in 1868 there were and never had been any
illegal immigrants because no law ever had restricted immigration.
If
those who wrote and ratified the 14th Amendment had imagined laws restricting
immigration -- and had anticipated huge waves of illegal immigration -- is it
reasonable to presume they would have wanted to provide the reward of
citizenship to the children of the violators of those laws? Surely not.
The
Civil Rights Act
of 1866
begins with language from which the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause is
derived: "All persons born in the United States, and not subject to any
foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be
citizens of the United States." (Emphasis added.) The explicit exclusion
of Indians from birthright citizenship was not repeated in the 14th Amendment
because it was considered unnecessary. Although Indians were at least partially
subject to U.S. jurisdiction, they owed allegiance to their tribes, not the
United States. This reasoning -- divided allegiance -- applies equally to
exclude the children of resident aliens, legal as well as illegal, from
birthright citizenship. Indeed, today's regulations issued by the departments
of Homeland Security and Justice stipulate:
"A
person born in the United States to a foreign diplomatic officer accredited to
the United States, as a matter of international law, is not subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States. That person is not a United States citizen
under the 14th Amendment."
Sen. Lyman
Trumbull of Illinois
was, Graglia writes, one of two "principal authors of the citizenship
clauses in 1866 act and the 14th Amendment." He said that "subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States" meant subject to its
"complete" jurisdiction, meaning "not owing allegiance to
anybody else." Hence children whose Indian parents had tribal allegiances
were excluded from birthright citizenship.
Appropriately,
in 1884 the Supreme Court held that children born to Indian parents were not
born "subject to" U.S. jurisdiction because, among other reasons, the
person so born could not change his status by his "own will without the
action or assent of the United States." And "no one can become a
citizen of a nation without its consent." Graglia says this decision
"seemed to establish" that U.S. citizenship is "a consensual
relation, requiring the consent of the United States." So: "This
would clearly settle the question of birthright citizenship for children of
illegal aliens. There cannot be a more total or forceful denial of consent to a
person's citizenship than to make the source of that person's presence in the
nation illegal."
Congress has
heard testimony estimating that more than two-thirds of all births in Los
Angeles public hospitals, and more than half of all births in that city, and
nearly 10 percent of all births in the nation in recent years, have been to
mothers who are here illegally. Graglia seems to establish that there is no constitutional
impediment to Congress ending the granting of birthright citizenship to those
whose presence here is "not only without the government's consent but in
violation of its law."
No other country on
Earth allows foreigners to come in illegally, work illegally, steal jobs from
it's citizens, break laws, commit crimes (serious crimes!), evade taxes, etc.
etc. etc. And there are no rational reasons why we should either. There are
only political reasons, and they aren't rational.
AMERICA vs MEXICO: CLASHING CULTURES
By Frosty Wooldridge
Anyone understand why Mexicans fail at a successful culture?
Ever wonder why millions of them invade the United States in search of a better
life? Have you noticed that once they arrive, they create the same kind of
‘society’ in the United States ? Unconsciously, they create the same conditions
they left behind. You can take the boy out of the ghetto, but you can't take
the ghetto out of the boy. For example, in Denver in December, illegal alien
Navi dragged his girlfriend to death behind his car. Illegal alien Cruz shot
his girlfriend dead in the back because she wouldn’t reconcile with him.
Illegal alien Ruizz ran over and killed Justin Goodman, but Ruizz drove away
from the scene leaving Goodman to die. In Greeley , Colorado they suffered 270
hit and run accidents in one year. Over 80 percent of hit and run wrecks in
Denver involve illegal aliens. Denver boasts the drug smuggling capital of the
West as well as the people smuggling mecca of the country. Illegals cheat,
distribute drugs, lie, forge documents, steal and kill as if it’s a normal way
of life. For them, it is. Mexico ’s civilization stands diametrically opposed
to America ’s culture. Both countries manifest different ways of thinking and
operating. With George Bush’s push to create the “Security and Prosperity
Partnership of North America” by dissolving our borders with Mexico , he places
all Americans at risk. Would you become friends with neighbors who throw their
trash on city streets and parks, create ghettoes wherever they enclave their
numbers, promote corruption, deal in violence, encourage drug use, manifest
poverty, endorse sexism and downgrade education? America ’s culture and Mexico
’s culture remain diametrically opposed to one another. America ’s fought
Mexico and won. Today, Mexico invades America with sheer numbers of poor.
However, cultures rarely change and neither do their people. As you can see
from the ten points below, everything about Mexico degrades everything about
America . For further information, you may visit www.immigrationshumancost.org
and www.limitstogrowth.org where you will find a plethora of information by a
brilliant journalist Brenda Walker. Her original report may be viewed on
www.Vdare.com on January 17, 2007 under the title: “Ten Reasons Why America
Should Not Marry Mexico .” I suggest you read more of her work. She exemplifies
incisive, sobering and shocking information. These ten point stem directly from
Brenda Walker’s work. Let’s examine why America must not entangle itself by
merging with Mexico . The legal age of sexual consent in Mexico is 12 years
old. Sex with children at this age and younger is socially acceptable in Mexico
. For example: A Mexican Lopez-Mendez pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a 10
year old girl in West Virginia . His excuse: sex with young girls was common
with his people. He said, “I was unaware that it was a crime.” Mexicans remain
the most sexist males next to Islamic men. Both boast the most misogynous
cultures in the world. Rape and other violence toward women are not treated as
serious crimes. In Mexico , a custom known as “rapto” whereby men kidnap women
for sex is regarded as harmless amusement. Mexican society regards women little
more than objects. Crime and violence remain mainstays of Mexican culture. Drug
cartels and the Mexican army coordinate their massive efforts to promote drug
distribution not only in Mexico but into the USA . Mexico City suffers the
second highest crime rate in Latin America . Kidnapping remains second only to
Columbia for ransom money. Beheadings, killings and gun fire erupt at drug
distribution points on the US/Mexican border. Spontaneous hanging continues in
Mexico . A mob beat up and burned to death two policemen on live television in
2004 in Mexico City . As Brenda Walker wrote, “Mexicans do not have the same
belief as Americans that the law is central to the equitable functioning of a
complex nation. It’s the Third World .” Mexicans abhor education. In their
country, illiteracy dominates. As they arrive in our country, only 9.6 percent
of fourth generation Mexicans earn a high school diploma. Mexico does not
promote educational values. This makes them the least educated of any Americans
or immigrants. The rate of illiteracy in Mexico stands at 63 percent. Drunk
driving remains acceptable in Mexico . As it stands, 44,000 Americans die on
our nation’s highways annually. Half that number stems from drunken drivers.
U.S. Congressman Steve King reports that 13 American suffer death from drunken
driving Mexicans each day. Alcoholism runs rampant in Mexican culture. They
suffer the most DUI arrests. Mexicans set the benchmark for animal cruelty.
Mexicans love dog fighting, bullfighting, cock fighting and horse tripping.
Those blood sports play in every arena and backyard in Mexico . They expand
into America as more Mexicans arrive. They also engage in “steer-tailing” where
the rider yanks the animal’s tail in an attempt to flip it to the ground. In
horse tripping, they run the animals at full gallop around a ring, then, use
ropes to trip them at full speed. It’s a death sentence as the horses break
their legs, teeth, shoulders and necks—all to the delight of the cheering
Mexican fans. As La Raza confirms, Mexicans maintain the most racist society in
North America . “For the Hispanic race, everything; for anyone outside the
race, nothing!” Guadalupe Loaeza, a journalist, said, “Mexican society is
fundamentally racist and classist. The color of your skin is a key that either
opens or shuts doors. The lighter your skin, the more doors open to you.”
Corruption becomes a mechanism by which Mexico operates. Corruption remains
systemic. The Washington Post wrote, “ Mexico is considered one of the most
corrupt countries in the hemisphere.” They feature drug cartels, sex slave
trade, people smuggling, car theft cartels, real estate scam cartels, murder
for money and, you must bribe your mail man to get your mail. Last, but not
least, Mexicans are Marxists. They promote a one party government. As with any
kind of Marxism, brutal totalitarian rule keeps the rich in power and everyone
else subservient. As we allow millions of Mexicans to colonize our country, we
can’t help but be caught up in these ten deadly cultural traits of Mexicans.
With over 12 million Mexicans here today, the predictions grow to as many as 20
even 40 million Mexicans in a few decades as they come here for a better life.
The fact remains, as they come to America for a better life, they make our
lives a living hell.
*
“At the hearing, Dr. Rakesh Kochar,
Associate Director for Research at the Pew Hispanic Center, testified that in
the year following the official end of the recession (June 2009), foreign-born
workers gained 656,000 jobs while native-born workers lost an additional 1.2
million jobs.”*
JOE LEGAL AMERICAN vs LA RAZA
JOSE ILLEGAL: Joe Legal Still Gets the Tax Bills To Pay For the LA RAZA Welfare
State!
Los Angeles County alone puts
out (property taxes) $600 MILLION per year to illegals on welfare!
JOE LEGAL vs JOSE ILLEGAL… HERE’S HOW IT BREAKS
DOWN:
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PROFITS HIGH, WAGES MISERABLE… OPEN BORDERS IS ALL ABOUT
KEEPING WAGES DEPRESSED!
Dependence on illegal labor is the
elephant in the room for the U.S. restaurant business. And experts say the
Chipotle ICE investigations are a wake-up call for an industry that is one of
America's biggest employers and generates over $300 billion in annual sales, according to research firm IBISWorld
Inc.
In its annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated February 17, 2011, Chipotle Mexican Grill revealed that it fired approximately 450 workers at 50 of its restaurants in Minnesota last year as the result of an audit by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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THE ENTIRE REASON THE BORDERS ARE LEFT OPEN IS TO CUT WAGES!
“We could cut unemployment in half simply by reclaiming the jobs
taken by illegal workers,” said Representative Lamar Smith of
Texas, co-chairman of the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus. “President Obama is on
the wrong side of the American people on immigration. The president should
support policies that help citizens and legal immigrants find the jobs they
need and deserve rather than fail to enforce immigration laws.” *
EXPORTING POVERTY... we take MEXICO'S 38 million
poor, illiterate, criminal and frequently pregnant
The Mexican
Invasion................................................
Mexico prefers to export its poor, not uplift
them
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0330/p09s02-coop.html
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Where To Go When Your Local Emergency Room Goes Bankrupt?"
During the past ten years 84 California hospitals have declared bankruptcy and closed their Emergency Rooms forever. Financially crippled by legislative and judicial mandates to treat illegal aliens have bankrupted hospitals! In 2010, in Los Angeles County alone, over 2 million illegal aliens recorded visits to county emergency rooms for both routine and emergency care. Per official figures, the cost is $1,000 dollars for every taxpayer in Los Angeles County.
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