Recognizing that without me, it can only ever be Aweso, I want to hear what all you fine people have to say about this:
A parent from a poor country, writes professor Lino Graglia of the University of Texas law school, "can hardly do more for a child than make him or her an American citizen, entitled to all the advantages of the American welfare
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Also, possible minus: lower population growth. Whether that is really good or bad is a question too complex for me to answer.
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Of course, in a more commonsensical way, I agree with your concerns about a perpetual underclass. 12 million people within our borders that we won't naturalize and we won't get rid of leads to a number of social problems.
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It also seems really un-American to me to say that someone who is born here and grows up here wouldn't be a citizen, but I'll admit that I haven't really thought that aspect through much.
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I think I want a combination of tightening border security, creating a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants already here, and allowing in more skilled immigrants from other countries.
What if we replaced birthright citizenship with birthright greencards? They could work at becoming citizens and could come out of the shadows, but they'd have to take the same citizenship steps and tests as legal immigrants. Best of both worlds? Least bad compromise?
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