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catsittingstillLike many of the people reading this, I am a citizen of the United States of America.
Because I was born here.
Now there is a push to eliminate birthright citizenship. Not for the likes of me; I'm white. No, it's to eliminate it for children born to illegal immigrants.
Because I was born here.
Now there is a push to eliminate birthright citizenship. Not for the likes of me; I'm white. No, it's to eliminate it for children born to illegal immigrants.
The obvious effect of this would be to create a hereditary underclass. If you're born of citizens, you're a citizen. If you're born of legal immigrants you're ??? If you're born of illegal immigrants you're a noncitizen. (What if only one parent is illegal? Dunno.) And if you're a non-citizen, and you didn't enter the US legally (I guess being born doesn't count!), then *your* kids are noncitizens. And so on.
So what I'm wondering is, have I missed something? Is there a way to eliminate birthright citizenship *without* ending up with a hereditary underclass? And, for that matter, is this production of a hereditary underclass an unintended side effect? Or the whole point?
