BCOR 1015 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Reason Foundation, David Vitter, Birth Tourism
Document Summary
Only 30 of the world"s 194 countries grant automatic citizenship to children born to illegal aliens. United states are the only countries that grant automatic citizenship to children born to illegal aliens. 14th amendment history seems to indicate that the citizenship clause was never intended to benefit illegal aliens nor legal foreign visitors temporarily present in the united states. United states: a global comparison | center for. The laws on which birthright citizenship is defended upon are outdated. The global trend is moving away from birthright citizenship. Amendment was established in a time where illegal immigration was not a large issue. It serves as a magnet to attract more and more adults into our country illegally. The policy of birthright citizenship is incompatible with both the text and the legislative history of the 14th. Congress has the authority and the obligation to reverse this practice. Senator vitter describes that birthright citizenship is an incentive for illegal immigration.
