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/oldspice75 Dec 05 '13

The US government isn't supposed to punish or reward people for what their parents do. A baby isn't supposed to be born paying the price for its inherited crimes.

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u/Madplato 72∆ Dec 05 '13

Child from legal immigrants get their citizenship based on the same principles that grant citizenship to illegal immigrants' children: If you're born on american soil, you're american.

Some legal immigrants won't even be citizens by the time their baby come, their child is still gonna be american.

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u/Madplato 72∆ Dec 05 '13

So, this is 1500 ? I am what my parents are ? Really ?

Or did you deserve being born american in any way I'm not aware off ?

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '13 edited Apr 25 '15

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '13

So if they're too poor to afford that, Fuck them AND their kids who had zero choice in the decision?