The 14th Amendment and voting for illegals
According to the Washington Post, the Republican party of the state of Washington apparently has more mettle than the Republicans of the US Senate.
They are putting forward a Constitutional Amendment that would end the guarantee currently in the US Constitution that the children of illegal aliens born in the United States automatically become US Citizens.
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 at the end of the Civil War as a response to the Dred Scott case tried before the Supreme Court in 1857. Among other issues, in Dred Scott the court ruled that Negros, even those who had been freed, could never become citizens of the United States.
The 14th Amendment changed this by guaranteeing that anyone born within the US would automatically become one of her citizens. In this respect this amendment served an important and necessary purpose. But the writers could have never imagined the issues tearing apart our union today.
Because of its broad language, the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to any and all born in this country, even if their parents entered under false or illegal pretenses. In 1868, even under the shadow of slavery, expectant immigrants, as did the overwhelming majority of humanity of those times, lived by a moral code of honor whereby they would go out of their way to live by the laws of the land.
That huge numbers of people would illegally enter the United States and reside here under false pretenses was unimaginable. That they would do so for the explicit purpose of giving birth to their children on US soil, making them citizens, unthinkable.
Today though, we are experiencing both of those actions in overwhelming numbers. Each individual, whether by crossing the borders illegally or having come to the country as a child born of an illegal alien, adds to the burden of society.
Are we against children? Do we have some awful dislike of these innocent ones, never! But we must consider that as long as the incentive is available, it will be one more reason for people to illegally cross our borders. The incentive, all incentives, but be removed or the penalties so harsh as to overwhelm the rewards.
According to the Washington State Republican Party platform:
The only persons who would oppose this modification would be those pandering to illegals and their supporters. Those like California Democratic hopeful Francine Busby who last Thursday was taped advising a hopeful supporter who wanted to help her campaign but admitted he was in this country illegally, "'...You don't need papers for voting, you don't need to be a registered voter to help.'"
Busby's comment was an inadvertent peek behind the curtain of the Democrat party agenda. That is, to tear down every barrier to illegal border crossings and illegal residency in this country in the hope that they will illegally vote in elections and support Democrat candidates. The act of voting illegally, in a nutshell, is illegal under our laws and Constitution and any one, citizen, politician or otherwise, who supports that illegal activity should be prosecuted.
Illegal voting destroys the democratic process, diminishes the power of the citizen to govern and brings ill repute on our nation. Former President Jimmy Carter has devoted his life after leaving office to ensure the democratic process plays out freely and fairly in fledgling nations around the world. If he fails to speak out on this attempt to circumvent that same democratic process at home, any credibility he may hope for will be utterly destroyed.
Wash. GOP Issues Resolution on Immigration
2006 Washington State Republican Party Platform
14th Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia
Dred Scott v. Sandford - Wikipedia
Calif. Dem Francine Busby: Illegals Can Vote
The Carter Center
They are putting forward a Constitutional Amendment that would end the guarantee currently in the US Constitution that the children of illegal aliens born in the United States automatically become US Citizens.
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 at the end of the Civil War as a response to the Dred Scott case tried before the Supreme Court in 1857. Among other issues, in Dred Scott the court ruled that Negros, even those who had been freed, could never become citizens of the United States.
The 14th Amendment changed this by guaranteeing that anyone born within the US would automatically become one of her citizens. In this respect this amendment served an important and necessary purpose. But the writers could have never imagined the issues tearing apart our union today.
Because of its broad language, the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to any and all born in this country, even if their parents entered under false or illegal pretenses. In 1868, even under the shadow of slavery, expectant immigrants, as did the overwhelming majority of humanity of those times, lived by a moral code of honor whereby they would go out of their way to live by the laws of the land.
That huge numbers of people would illegally enter the United States and reside here under false pretenses was unimaginable. That they would do so for the explicit purpose of giving birth to their children on US soil, making them citizens, unthinkable.
Today though, we are experiencing both of those actions in overwhelming numbers. Each individual, whether by crossing the borders illegally or having come to the country as a child born of an illegal alien, adds to the burden of society.
Are we against children? Do we have some awful dislike of these innocent ones, never! But we must consider that as long as the incentive is available, it will be one more reason for people to illegally cross our borders. The incentive, all incentives, but be removed or the penalties so harsh as to overwhelm the rewards.
According to the Washington State Republican Party platform:
- The original intent of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution (1868) which declared, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States..." and thereby recognized the citizenship of ex-slaves and in no way granted citizenship to the babies of illegal aliens.
The only persons who would oppose this modification would be those pandering to illegals and their supporters. Those like California Democratic hopeful Francine Busby who last Thursday was taped advising a hopeful supporter who wanted to help her campaign but admitted he was in this country illegally, "'...You don't need papers for voting, you don't need to be a registered voter to help.'"
Busby's comment was an inadvertent peek behind the curtain of the Democrat party agenda. That is, to tear down every barrier to illegal border crossings and illegal residency in this country in the hope that they will illegally vote in elections and support Democrat candidates. The act of voting illegally, in a nutshell, is illegal under our laws and Constitution and any one, citizen, politician or otherwise, who supports that illegal activity should be prosecuted.
Illegal voting destroys the democratic process, diminishes the power of the citizen to govern and brings ill repute on our nation. Former President Jimmy Carter has devoted his life after leaving office to ensure the democratic process plays out freely and fairly in fledgling nations around the world. If he fails to speak out on this attempt to circumvent that same democratic process at home, any credibility he may hope for will be utterly destroyed.
Wash. GOP Issues Resolution on Immigration
2006 Washington State Republican Party Platform
14th Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia
Dred Scott v. Sandford - Wikipedia
Calif. Dem Francine Busby: Illegals Can Vote
The Carter Center
