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"In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. National sovereignty wasn't such a great idea after all."
Strobe Talbot, President Clinton's Deputy Secretary of State, July 20th, 1992.
The following is an overview of federal law on hiring and harboring illegal aliens. It is not a substitute for professional legal counsel in specific situations.
Summary
A person (including a group of persons, business, organization or local government) commits a federal felony when he:
assists an alien whom he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him to obtain employment,
encourages that alien to remain in the U.S., by referring him to an employer, by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or
knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions.
Penalties upon conviction include criminal fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of vehicles and real property used to commit the crime.
Anyone employing or contracting with an illegal alien without verifying his work authorization status is guilty of a misdemeanor. Aliens and employers violating immigration laws are subject to arrest, detention, and seizure of their vehicles or property. In addition, individuals or entities who engage in racketeering enterprises that commit (or conspire to commit) immigration-related felonies are subject to private civil suits for treble damages and injunctive relief.
The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution indicates that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898), that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees citizenship for nearly all individuals born in the country, regardless of their parents' citizenship or immigration status
originally posted by: Aural
Your number seven is rediculous. I see no reason someone born into a country cant be a citizen. Babies cant file paperwork. Why are you not filing papers with the Natives of the land? It was thier country first. You being born here makes you an invader by your point of view.
The rest is more subjective opinion. I can only fully agree on the increased speediness being needed for obtaining citizenship through simplification. Foreigners as is to gain citizenship need to know more about the US than people born there do.
originally posted by: SubTruth
a reply to: Aural
Many people are scamming the system by coming here just to give birth.
originally posted by: guohua
originally posted by: SubTruth
a reply to: Aural
Many people are scamming the system by coming here just to give birth.
Truer words have never been spoken,,, Yes, that is the Truth and with their children being Citizens after 10 years if they want, they can petition USCIS to become Naturalized themselves.
But most don't, they send their monies back so they can retire in their home country use the dollars they've made at their countries exchange rate so they live very well off.
They have No desire to be Americans or assimilate into the American Culture, They want America to Cater to them and make their Lives Easier.
Dial one for Spanish!!!
Reading the hysterical accounts in the media about the efforts of Sen. Rand Paul (R.-Ky.), Rep. Steve King (R.-Iowa), and GOP state Sen. Russell Pearce of Arizona to restrict birthright citizenship, you would think that they are out to overturn the 14th Amendment.
An editorial in the Arizona Republic called opposition to birthright citizenship, a “challenge to the 14th Amendment.” The Los Angeles Times wrote that there is “100 years of Supreme Court precedent holding that anyone born in the United States is an American citizen.” Jennifer Rubin, a token conservative at the Washington Post, had this to say about Rand Paul’s efforts against birthright citizenship: “Recall that Paul ran as a ‘constitutional conservative.’ But that apparently did not mean that he was enamored of maintaining elements of the Constitution that have operated since the Civil War.”
The operative phrase is “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” which means people who owe sole allegiance to America. During the ratification debates over the amendment in 1866, Sen. LymanTrumbull of Illinois, who was chairman of the Judiciary Committee, defined the phrase: “The provision is that ‘all persons born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens.’ That means subject to the complete jurisdiction thereof. … What do we mean by ‘subject to the jurisdiction of the United States?’ Not owing allegiance to anybody else. That is what it means.”
Do illegal aliens hold allegiance to countries other than America? The Mexican government certainly thinks they do. They created an Institute for Mexicans Abroad. The head of the agency, Juan Hernandez, said, “We are betting that the Mexican-American population in the United States … will thinkMexico First “