Illegal Immigration--Part One

I want to start off by saying that I think seasonal workers (migrant workers) are some of the hardest working people in the world. They work hard and sometimes aren't treated very well.
And the fact of the matter is, if Americans would be willing to work that hard and do the jobs they do, our unemployment rate would be ZERO.

Specifically discussing Mexican immigrants (illegal immigrants), I get it. I understand you live in a craphole that I wouldn't want my dogs living in. I've seen where you live and where you come from and know that you want better for your children. I would too! And I have absolutely no problem with you trying to better yourselves. But do it the right way!

America is essentially made up of immigrants. My grandfather came over on the boat from the Netherlands, via Ellis Island. He waited in line. He learned the language. He was so proud to be coming to America, the land of opportunity. Opportunity for people who had good work ethic, who were willing to put in a hard day's work for a good day's pay.

If you would have told him that he could have come over during the night to sneak in, and go to US hospital to have a child (for free), that child would automatically be a citizen. Then, all your family would stay permanently living in the US, even though you would be undocumented; that you wouldn't even have to learn the language, and you could get their government to give you money to live on...well, it never would have happened. My grandmother's family wouldn't take a nickel from a stranger if that nickel was the only thing between them and utter starvation.

In 2008, 340,000 of the 4.3 million children born in the U.S. were born to illegal immigrants. However, according to the 14th Amendment, Section one, any child born in the U.S. is a United States citizen.

The first section of the Fourteenth Amendment reads as follows:
Section. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

These children are often called anchor babies: since that child is a citizen, it of course can't live alone especially not without mom, and dad, and grandma and grandpa, and uncle and auntie and cousins. So one child is a citizen, while 20 other family members are not.

I will delve further into the issues surrounding illegal aliens living in the U.S., including border patrols, the State of Arizona (which got it right!) and several other cntroversial topics. Stay tuned!