Little-Acorn
06-22-2007, 04:03 PM
It had to happen eventually.
The children of illegal aliens, after being born on U.S. soil after their parents entered the country illegally, are now suing to prevent their illegal-alien parents from being deported.
This could actually have a positive result. Once they identify their parents as illegal aliens, in a Federal court, what's to prevent the Feds from simply bundling those parents back to their own country once the suit is over (presuming it will fail, as it very likely)?
Even more interesting, the suit is going directly to the Supreme Court, which once ruled (I believe) that the children themselves ARE U.S. citizens since they were born within our borders. Might this suit get the Supremes to reconsider that previous ruling, and change it?
The 14th amendment says, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States..." (emphasis mine - LA). It was originally written in the Civil War era, to make former slaves who were born here, citizens. What, exactly, does "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" mean? If someone walks over the border illegally, but is still a citizen of Mexico or wherever, does the U.S. "have jurisdiction" over him/her? If they then have a baby here, same question. Does the US have jurisdiction over the baby, in the sense meant by the writers of the 14th amendment?
Might the Supreme Court change its previous ruling?
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http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/600687.php?contentType=4&contentId=626556
U.S. Born Children Of Undocumented Immigrants Represented In Class Action Suit
Debra Dale Reporting
Attorneys representing more than 300 U.S. born children of undocumented immigrants, including 70 children from Chicago, have filed a national class action suit and are requesting an emergency hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court.
WBBM's Debra Dale has the story.
The approximately 300 plaintiffs are filing on behalf of approximately 4 million U.S. citizen children born to illegal immigrants.
The suit claims the deportation of undocumented immigrant parents violates the constitutional rights of their U.S. citizen children. The suit says the law subjects the citizen children to de facto deportation.
The suit asks for an end to deportation of undocumented immigrant parents of U.S. citizens.
The suit names President Bush, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Secretary of Homeland Security among others
The children of illegal aliens, after being born on U.S. soil after their parents entered the country illegally, are now suing to prevent their illegal-alien parents from being deported.
This could actually have a positive result. Once they identify their parents as illegal aliens, in a Federal court, what's to prevent the Feds from simply bundling those parents back to their own country once the suit is over (presuming it will fail, as it very likely)?
Even more interesting, the suit is going directly to the Supreme Court, which once ruled (I believe) that the children themselves ARE U.S. citizens since they were born within our borders. Might this suit get the Supremes to reconsider that previous ruling, and change it?
The 14th amendment says, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States..." (emphasis mine - LA). It was originally written in the Civil War era, to make former slaves who were born here, citizens. What, exactly, does "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" mean? If someone walks over the border illegally, but is still a citizen of Mexico or wherever, does the U.S. "have jurisdiction" over him/her? If they then have a baby here, same question. Does the US have jurisdiction over the baby, in the sense meant by the writers of the 14th amendment?
Might the Supreme Court change its previous ruling?
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http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/600687.php?contentType=4&contentId=626556
U.S. Born Children Of Undocumented Immigrants Represented In Class Action Suit
Debra Dale Reporting
Attorneys representing more than 300 U.S. born children of undocumented immigrants, including 70 children from Chicago, have filed a national class action suit and are requesting an emergency hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court.
WBBM's Debra Dale has the story.
The approximately 300 plaintiffs are filing on behalf of approximately 4 million U.S. citizen children born to illegal immigrants.
The suit claims the deportation of undocumented immigrant parents violates the constitutional rights of their U.S. citizen children. The suit says the law subjects the citizen children to de facto deportation.
The suit asks for an end to deportation of undocumented immigrant parents of U.S. citizens.
The suit names President Bush, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Secretary of Homeland Security among others