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2005-11-04 Home Front: Culture Wars

GOP mulls ending birthright citizenship, building S Friendship Fence

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Posted by .com 2005-11-04 06:13|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 There are enough crazies in La Raza and MEChA who dream of Aztlan that I worry about the safety of Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo. El Cajon is too close to the border for comfort.

Posted by RWV 2005-11-04 06:43|| 2005-11-04 06:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Tancredo and Hunter are good guys. It'll be interesting to see if some of the invertebrate Repubs (like 1/2 of the gang of 14) in the Senate will go along.

Posted by DMFD 2005-11-04 07:41|| 2005-11-04 07:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Please, please, faster please!

Posted by mac 2005-11-04 08:35|| 2005-11-04 08:35|| Front Page Top

#4 House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, Illinois Republican, said he supports a barrier system of fences in some places and electronic surveillance or vehicle barriers in others, "The fence works," Mr. Hunter said.

Yes Duncan, "The Fence Works." Sears is running a big sale on chain link. http://www.sears.ca/e/hc/fencing.htm Wonder if it would be too insulting to ask them WHO they think funds hospital delivery costs. I'm sure someone in Arizona, Texas, or Mexifornia could come up with the figures.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-04 09:15|| 2005-11-04 09:15|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't mind birthright citizenship nearly as much as dual citizenship. You're one or the other. If somebody wants to exercise their citizenship in another country, that's it, they're not American. And if you leave for a certain period, say two years, and don't come back, don't expect the light to be on.

Posted by Angatch Unomotch4963 2005-11-04 10:35|| 2005-11-04 10:35|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm honestly surprised someone hasn't created an international citizenship deal for all the Tranzi's out there. You know UN citizenship, citizen of the world. It'd be about as useful as dual citizenship (that is it would be useless) and would look good from up high on your pedistool and all.

Posted by rjschwarz">rjschwarz 2005-11-04 12:29|| 2005-11-04 12:29|| Front Page Top

#7 You're one or the other. If somebody wants to exercise their citizenship in another country, that's it, they're not American.

You'd be surprised how many people would swear 1000 oaths, renounce 1000 citizenships, sign 1000 documents, and still crap on the flag when it's conveniant for them. The only way to assuage your fears, would be to stop immigration. People keep dual citizenships for economic reasons, most notable, to collect retirement benefits from their country of origin.

Posted by Rafael 2005-11-04 13:04|| 2005-11-04 13:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Yep...*gloating* ...Duncan's my congressman...EC and Santee too, RWV.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-11-04 14:16|| 2005-11-04 14:16|| Front Page Top

#9 They keep dual citizenships because they're allowed to. If the law were changed, they'd have to pick one or the other.

Posted by Cloluper Whailing6869 2005-11-04 14:22|| 2005-11-04 14:22|| Front Page Top

#10 The solution is simple: for infants to be automatic citizens, their parents should be legal citizens, legal immigrants, or recognized refugees. I'm interesed on others' thoughts about the babies of H1-Bs.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-11-04 14:23|| 2005-11-04 14:23|| Front Page Top

#11 BAR -- I like your idea. For H1-B's, I'd make it dependent on the rules of their parent's home country. If they give the children of their nationals born outside of their territory citizenship, then they don't get US citizenship. If for some reason the parent's home country doesn't grant citizenship to children born overseas, then the US will.

I can't imagine there are many cases where the US would be granting citizenship to H1-B children.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-11-04 14:35|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-11-04 14:35|| Front Page Top

#12 Old swamp Yankee saying:

"Good fences make good neighbors".

Posted by Sposing Ebbuque7528 2005-11-04 14:53|| 2005-11-04 14:53|| Front Page Top

#13 ending birthright citizenship, building brick Shit house Friendship Fence

Amen.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-11-04 20:43|| 2005-11-04 20:43|| Front Page Top

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