Still its irrelevant to the topic. Hijack another one, this is about Birther loonies not immigration ... well you know...
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Rick Root <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> that's not the issue. the constitution quite clearly states >> eligibility, native born - on US soil or of parents who are citizens. >> End of story. > > Not end of story. > > The constitution can be amended, as it has been done numerous times. > > The 14th Amendment, Section 1: "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. " > > I would change this to read: "All persons born to legal residents of > the United States 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." > > In fact, the author of the 14th amendment argued in congress that it > would exclude "persons born in the United States who are foreigners, > aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign > ministers." > > My suggestion would be a little more lenient, allowing citizenship for > children of legal residents. > > I just don't think we should reward people who break our laws by > entering the country illegally. > > Rick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305233 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
