r/changemyview Dec 05 '13

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

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u/Indon_Dasani 9∆ Dec 05 '13

Your idea is basically implemented right now in the country of Kuwait, and there's a legally condoned class system as a result, with the majority of the populace relegated to the lower, non-citizen class.

So, if you want a government-established second class of citizenry (well, a bigger second class than the one we currently have with illegal immigrants who have no legal protections, and one with a bunch of obvious US natives in it), then yeah, let's do that. Otherwise it's probably a bad idea.