Waliuz Zaman Professor Sharifian GOVT 2305 1 April 2017 Who Are True Citizens?
Everyone have their own thought and ideas about how should be an American citizen. And they must do to become one. 1 As the 14th Amendment states “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States” (14th Amendment, Section 1). Most people do not agree with this because illegal immigrants come into this country and have birth to make their child a citizen. 2 The west side of America is seeing the most birth tourism. Because people are coming from Mexico and staying in that area. The most activity of birth citizens seems to be in California where most illegal immigrants come first. …show more content…
It doesn’t talk about immigrant so most people are taking advantage of it. There are arguments about reinterpreting the 14th Amendment because people find it unfair. They argue that one of the reasons most immigrants come to the United states is because they want their baby to be a citizen. This makes it hard for the real citizens to find a job. They are stuck with the little money they get from unemployment. The US citizens find it unfair when people from other countries come in and try becomes a citizen easy and finds a decided job with housing. For that reason, lots of American are trying to change it to where one of the parents should be a citizen to be able to get the right to make the baby a citizen.
2 Based on what I have read about this issue, I believe the 14th Amendment should be reinterpreted to require one parent to be an American citizen. Because it makes it fair and everyone gets the same opportunity for job and healthcare. An American citizen shouldn’t be harder to come by because if they are harder to come by the economy will fall. There will be fewer voters and people will pick the wrong leader. America needs loyal citizens but if they are hard to come by it will go downhill.
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