Fat hurts wrote:
Racket wrote:
This introduces a slippery slope. If you start adding caveats to citizenship then you're going to end up with so many exceptions and qualifications that it'll be impossible. You could also start to see cases of minorities (or anyone really) get denied US citizenship on vague technicalities that a judge would have to overrule on, and if you're poor then you probably can't afford a lawyer to argue on your behalf so you end up getting screwed.
You have to draw a line somewhere. It's like the difference between being 18 years old and being 17 years and 364 days (except you can be tried in court as an adult sometimes but just ignore that for now).
I know some children of undocumented immigrants. This is the only country they have ever known. They work hard in school and also in part time jobs. They are polite and well-mannered.
They are as American as our own children.
They are American citizens.
And I am sure glad that they are here.
Look no further than Maine for what America would become under Trumpism.
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/08/16/catastrophic-trend-maine-shortage-caregivershttps://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/community/maines-shortage-of-young-people-is-a-big-problem-experts-say/97-409040927