Birthright citizenship in the United States of America

The U.S. is the land of all opportunities and for people who were not born here might wish that they could have a chance to live the American dream. Which is why the U.S. is popular for birth tourism to occur in because of the practice of “birthright citizenship” (Will F. G., 2010 ). The areas that are most popular with birth tourism are California and New York, California having the most activity. One of the reasons why California gained popularity was because one of the medical centers in Chino

Immigration and Birthright Citizenship Many people feel the issue on immigration and birthright citizenship may have become a touchy subject. Some people argue that the undocumented citizens or illegal immigrants steal jobs away from rightful US citizens. Also people say that the undocumented citizens want to have a baby in the United States of America with the assumption they will grant US citizenship to them as a family. In certain states the police were allowed to stop anyone that they

allows any person born in our territories to be granted citizenship. But this law is quickly being taking advantage of by foreigners who seek to rack the benefits of the citizenship illegally. Therefore, it is important that the 14th Amendment is updated to have striker laws against any person seeking to enter this country legally or unlawfully to fit our current situations in America. Immigration is now at the forefront of problems in America. One of the main contributions to that problem is “Birth

Donald Trump’s Immigration Reform: The End of Rational Thought “My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.” The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama made this remark while talking about immigrants and immigration reform. This is not a very old country, all of the founding fathers of this country were European immigrants. They were seeking a better life in a foreign land, they gambled everything they had and came to the colonies

the value of their citizenship, so they rarely question whether others should be included in their given birthright privileges. The center in this rarely discussed topic is the United States territories, they include American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. The territories for average Americans are the places they can go for an exotic vacation without a passport. But for the islanders, their relationship and citizenship with American is

Illegal immigration has been a problem that has plagued the United States for many years. Yet this problem is not a new uprising issue in view of the fact that thousands of immigrants have crossed over seas and boarders since this country was founded. Although Immigrants have played a great deal into the influence of culture in our country, and The underlying problem boils down to “birthright citizenship” -the guarantee of citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants who were born on US soil

delivered on American soil.2 According to data given by theU.S. Census Bureau, the top four states in which one-in-five citizens are foreign borninclude: California, New York, New Jersey and Florida.3 These states are closer inproximity to countries near the boarder, including China and Latin America. Asmentioned in the Huffington Post article “Born In The USA”, Ma Fahong is one of manyChinese women seeking citizenship for her unborn child in California so he/she can laterattain economic prosperity not

their right to be treated with humane respect. Trump wants to further his plans by ending birthright citizenship to children of undocumented parents. Trumps stated that birthright citizenship “remains the biggest magnet for illegal immigration.” Taking this extreme measure will go against the Fourteenth Amendment and take away liberties from certain group of individuals such as being protected in the United States. To protect personal liberties, there should not be an extremist approach. Extremism

view. Because the United States was built on immigrants, some

It is inhumane to take children out of schools and raid the business of families when all they have ever known is America – a country of immigrants since the days when it was colonized, and later broke away to form a new nation. More importantly, why have Republicans become so obsessed with securing the border? There are so many more important issues then securing the