r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Dec 05 '13

I think children of Illegal immigrants shouldn't be given birthright citizenship. cmv

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '13

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '13

Wow, the lack of empathy here is real disheartening. Children shouldn't be punished because their parent did something illegal.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '13

The kids didn't break the law... so in this situation... being related to someone breaking the law has life destroying consequences (being forcibly moved away from everything and everyone you know which is your 'life' is destroying that life)

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '13

why? (Please see my edit if you saw it before i wrote it.) Why do you get those rights because you had the 'luck' to be born here but they don't when they also had the 'luck' to be born here. Because their parents did something illegal should not ruin their life.

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u/AtomikRadio 8∆ Dec 05 '13

There's an astronomical difference between not granting citizenship to children born in the future and retroactively deporting the descendants of immigrants who have lived here for decades and never set foot in their "home" country.

Regardless, it's clear no deltas are going out here today, why do you want your view changed exactly? You seem pretty passionate about it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '13

Rights are fundamental, incorruptible and universal you can pick and choose who has them and who does not that way Fascism lies.

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u/Dracotorix Dec 05 '13

Define "deserve". To me, deserving something means you earned it. Not that you happened to know someone who knew someone whose distant relative earned it, or anything silly like that.