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[Now and Then: an American Social History Project blog] Nativism, Naturalization, and Birthright | Now and Then: an ...: The very idea of “illegal” immigration came into being only when the federal government passed the Page Act in 1875, which denied entry to Chinese and Japanese prostitutes, felons, and contract laborers (also known as “coolies”). (Seven years later, Congress passed the more sweeping Chinese Exclusion Act.) Before that, Congress had been silent on the question of who could immigrate to the U.S. The question of who could become a naturalized citizen was first established in 1790, when the Naturalization Act provided that any “free white person” residing in the U.S. for two years was eligible for citizenship.

[Public Media Texas: News, US-Mexico Border, Politics, Arts and Culture, Sustainability, Texas] Repeal Birthright Citizenship ”” and Then What?: As anti-immigration sentiment continues to rise along with border violence ”” at least on the Mexican side ”” proposals to abolish the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship provision have ricocheted through the political noise machine as an antidote for the incidence of “anchor babies.” That pejorative describes babies born to illegal immigrants who allegedly hope having a child granted automatic citizenship will help “anchor” them in the U.S. But as a practical matter, what would the removal of birthright citizenship mean for the country?

[The Daily Decibel®] The Daily Decibel: Call the Social Services MSI Eligibility Information Line at (866) 979-6772 if you have any questions about the qualifications listed above. Note: You may not be eligible for the MSI program if you have been covered by other health insurance in the last three (3) months unless one of the following occurs:

[Indian Blogger] Dual Citizenship FAQs: What is possible, as happened in the case of MF Hussain, is that when you are granted a citizenship of another nation, and you are willing to accept it, you will have to give up your current citizenship. Since most countries countries consider the possession of the passport of that country as a conclusive proof of citizenship, you will need to surrender the passport of your original country.

[Capital news] Capital FM Kenya: Kenyans and dual citizenship in th: For those who intend to hold US/Kenyan citizenship while residing in the US, any attempt by the Kenyan Embassy to intervene on their behalf in case of a legal tussle will not be acknowledged by the US Government. Kenyans holding dual citizenship can continue to use their Kenyan passports outside the US, but must use their US passports while exiting and re-entering the US.

[Democracy in America] Birthright citizenship: Go back where you didn't come from | The ...: Denying American citizenship to the American-born children of illegal immigrants may have a slight dissuasive effect on illegal immigration, but the effect will be small compared to the overwhelming incentive for illegal immigration, which is the far greater economic opportunities available in the United States compared to Mexico or Central America. It may have a depressive effect on births to illegal immigrants already in the United States, but that effect, too, will be slight compared to the overwhelming incentive for having babies, which is pretty much hard-wired into our systems, for good or ill.

[The Post & Email] Birthright Citizenship: Ideology vs. Rule of Law | The Post & Email: Logically, therefore, only if an alien voluntarily and affirmatively renounces his citizenship and expresses an intent to swear allegiance to the US may the alien, through operation of law (a formal naturalization process) be granted .... course of action left for us if we are to bring the 14th Amendment's application into compliance with the framers' clear intent and meaning””surely a tall order with so many activists and social engineers infesting our courts these days. ...

[The Phoenix Family Law News Blog] Restricting Citizenship Status of Children Born In The U.S. ...: However, there are Phoenix family lawyers in the state that can help parents with the legal procedures of getting U.S. citizenship for a child. If a new law comes about that restricts birthright citizenship, family lawyers will perhaps be doing more work in this field.

[Change of Subject] Change of Subject: Amendment dreamin' and the issue of birthright ...: "In response to concerns over illegal immigration in the United States (and the associated fear that children of illegal immigrants could serve as links to permit citizenship for family members who would otherwise be ineligible), bills have been introduced from time to time in Congress which have challenged the conventional interpretation of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment and have sought to actively and explicitly deny citizenship at birth to U.S.-born children of foreign visitors or illegal aliens. No such bill has ever come close to being enacted;

[Change.org's Race in America Blog] 10 Reasons Why Republicans Want to Repeal Birthright Citizenship ...: I think the main problem here is that this article is attacking Republicans and anti-(illegal)immigration supporters in a way which will only make them on the defensive and make them more stubborn.  Both sides use a lot of rhetoric, and they are not always very skilled at it.

[Erick's blog] The 14th Amendment Canard | RedState: phrase in the 14th Amendment specifically encompassed these conditions (plus a third condition, namely, that Indian tribes were not considered subject to U.S. jurisdiction) - and that since none of these conditions applied to Wong’s situation, Wong was a U.S. citizen, regardless of the fact that his parents were not U.S. citizens (and were, in fact, ineligible ever to become U.S. citizens because of the Chinese Exclusion Act). The opinion emphasized the fact that “…during all the time of their said residence in the United States, as domiciled residents therein, the said mother and father of said Wong Kim Ark were engaged in the prosecution of business, and were never engaged in any diplomatic or official capacity under the emperor of China”.

[Britannica Blog] What Do Americans Think About Birthright Citizenship? | Britannica ...: Samuel Huntington argues that the sheer number, concentration, linguistic homogeneity, and other characteristic of Hispanic immigrants will erode the dominance of English as a nationally unifying language, weaken the country’s dominant cultural values, and promote ethnic allegiances over a primary identification as an American. Testing these hypotheses with data from the

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