<DIV>You know, John McCain was not born in the United States. Can he be President? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Andreas Schou <ophite@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:04 PM, g. crabtree <JAMPOT@ROADRUNNER.COM>wrote:<BR>> To imply that the idea of putting an end to the abuse of birthright<BR>> citizenship by illegal aliens is so "out there" that nothing like it has<BR>> been initiated in this century is totally without foundation. The UK and<BR>> Australia both abandoned the policy in the 80's. (so much for Anglo-American<BR>> common law).<BR><BR>To imply that "birthright citizenship" is not the law of the land is<BR>incorrect. We can talk about "should be," if you like, but don't move<BR>the goalposts by saying that the clear meaning of the Constitution
is<BR>other than it actually is.<BR><BR>> Only a tiny handful of European countries still grant birthright<BR>> citizenship and they are not the ones people are chomping at the bit to move<BR>> to. A solution to the anchor baby problem has been key in most all<BR>> discussion of immigration reform during the last couple decades. To contend<BR>> that solutions to this problem have not been advanced in the last century<BR>> would be very much in error.<BR><BR>"Solutions to the anchor baby problem" have been key in right-wing<BR>militia newsletters for the past century. No bills advancing an end to<BR>birthright citizenship have made it out of committee in the past 30<BR>years, and -- even if they did -- they would likely fail for the same<BR>reason that Wong Kim Ark ended up a US citizen: the "jurisdiction of<BR>the United States" is coexistant with its territorial boundaries.<BR><BR>--
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