If a person has a child in the US, and they themselves aren't citizens, are they entitled to any benefits?
101092
They are entitled to a limited number of benefits because the US will not take away the child from you (don't worry about that unless you prove that you are terrible parents) Anyway returning to the question - Since the child was born in the US is thus a US citizen. You can confirm that because the child will be issued a Birth Certificate by the state and a Social Security Number by the SS Office. \n\nBased on your income your child and for a certain period of time the mother can qualify for medical aid by the govt. You need to get in touch with the hospital's social workers or the local Social Services Department office. Do that ASAP as the child will need doctor's visits and routine shots. \n\nThere are also programs such as Food Stamps and such that will help in the financial for taking care of the child. In case the parents visas expire and have to return back to their country, they can take the baby with them. Just ensure that you have with you the ss, birth certificate, (I am not sure about the US passport though). \n\nBut rest assured worrying about the citizenship should not be the biggest concern as much as the care of both the "little baby" and the mother. Good luck. \n\nIt's still good if you can ask an immigration attorney (remember the first visit is always free @ least in the tri-state).
894492
it's not a simple question, but yet it is.... and i see the underlying statement in it... yes your child could be african etc if the laws of the land allow... not every country has the same laws as america.... if your child if born in a country where dual citzenship is allowed and you are only visiting, yes, he may receive citiizenhip from that country, but you do not....he will also be a US citizen since his parents are, but if he does not return to the US and get his SSN and etuff before a certain age, it will be difficult.... a lot of people take advantage of these laws, it's not fair to many, but it happens...but being born in a country does not make you "...ian"  it just allows you to have the potential to be a citizen of that country.... just because you were born in a country does not make you of that country.... it's kinda semantics....
1100478
No.  Birthright citizenship (which needs to be abloished) applies to persons "born in the United States", and a territory does not qualify.  However, if either parent were American, citizenship would pass to the child in that fashion.
1034673
I think the only way a stepchild is "entitled" to any ss benefits would be if the Stepfather went through the adoption process. Even so, if you are still in your mothers home she will receive those benefits on your behalf.
64163
YES!\n\nAs long as the child lived with you all year and is not subject to be on someone elses taxes via divorce decree/adoption etc......\n\nGood luck
586321
No there is not nor does it directly affect their status as an illegal immigrant.\n\nMarriage to an American citizen may allow the illegal entrant to more easily adjust his status but it does not, as the previous answer stated, grant him or her citizenship.
917733
A baby is not an anchor.  A US citizen child can not apply for their parents who are non citizens until they are 18 and over and must be able to prove an affidavit of support, which also prohibits the family from seeking public assistance for 5 years.  If they can not pass a background check or have been deported they  can fight the decision in Immigration Court.  If there has been a previous deportation or they entered illegally, they can be punished with a 10 year penalty to not enter the country or, in the past pay a large penalty fee (for illegal entry)
64523
The child's father is obligated, I recently got back into touch with my older son and his mother has told me she has not recieved any money, thouu I have been paying through the nose, can't get any kind of license(hunting, fishing, business, et c.), I cannot get a passport and have been screwed constantly. If you have been on state assistance, he is paying that. If not, you need to report to DSHS and let them know you are not getting help. Also whoever adopts your son gets total responsibilty! Will be responsible for thee child financially for the rest of his natural life, think hard about this. Further more, quit yer bitchin'! I have never once heard of a man say he's not getting child support. You panty droppers wanted equality, fcuken take it! You created that child, you chose the man, you either take the responsibilty or give him to his father, you CANNOT have it both ways!
776324
Not even all people residing within the United States have a regular "brith certificate"--as was mentioned above, they are not issued by the federal government. \n\nTo get a little more in depth into the issue: \n\nIf someone was born a citizen and born within the US, they will likely have a birth certificate issued by their city, county, or state. However, if a person was born to American citizens who were living outside of the US at the time, that person would instead have a Consular Report of Birth Aboard. Likewise, If a person now living in the United States was not a citizen at birth but became one later in life, they would instead have a Naturalization Certificate/Certificate of Citizenship.
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US Constitution section 1 article 2 states:\nNo person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.\n\nYou don't have to be born in the U.S. or on U.S. soil, or your parents be on vacation, they just need to be U.S. citizens at the time of your birth and have you in the country before they become citizens of another.
640959
Since you r a US citizen, the newborn has automatic citizenship.  it is base on the principle of jus sanguinis, which holds that the country of citizenship of a child is the same as that of his/her parents.
866504
Not at all, no.\n\nMost people born in the U.S. and Canada do, issued by various government agencies. But some people do not. It is getting rare as despotism gains a stronger hold in the two countries mentioned and a birth certificate is needed for many things.\n\nSome people like my father never had their births registered until they were adults, my mother's was not registered until she was 60 years old.\n\nMost people have certificates issued by counties or cities in the U.S. I have one but it was issued by the Federal Government.\n\nWhat is it that you are after in particular?
1047356
I don't know for sure, but I think USA is the ONLY country to grant citizenship to a newborn child solely because it was born on her soil.
121198
Yes, there is a difference because the people who born in US have a constitutional citizenship, that’s a citizenship derive by constitution but there are people who actually are US citizens but don’t born in US, nether in US military base camp and that people have a statutory citizenship and that’s derived by law. That people enjoy must of the benefits in the constitution and the responsibilities but not all of theme. For example the people who are from Puerto Rico are US citizens but that people can’t vote for the president of the US in Puerto Rico, if that people move to Florida or New York or other state of the nation then they can vote for the president. .
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Each person is given one upon application through the Social Security Administration under governmental offices in your local area.  The number is called a Social Security number.  Every born in the United States are currently require to apply for one before they can even obtain medical insurances on that child.  Each child born in the USA is suppose to apply for one before the age of 3 months old.
639422
It is not a matter of what people "think" who belongs here, but it is a matter of law. If you were born in America, you are a citizen, therefore you belong here. If someone has come here illegally, then that is a different story. YOU were born here so you are entitled to all the rights and privileges of a US citizen.
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Illegal immigrants -- or legal foreign tourists for that matter -- get Constitutional guarantees (Bill of Rights) like anyone else in the USA -- unless Pres. George W. Bush has designated them "enemy combatants".\n\nThey do not get very many "benefits" of financial value, except emergency health care (mainly: traffic accidents and childbirth). Their children born in the USA are US citizens, and the US Supeme Court held, particuarly with respect to education -- free schooling -- that they cannot be denied benefits based on their parents' status. Which makes sense apart from the Constitutional issue because it would mean raising a generation of illiterate citizens!\n\nParents of babies born in the USA get no benefit (other than as above) from that fact -- they can be and are deported. In one case (you can Google "Myrna Dick") a judge held that a woman alleged to be in the US illegally (she had been brought to the USA from Mexico at age 9 and married an American and was pregnant) could not be deported until after her baby was born. A good -- but charitable -- holding I think; difficult to justify on the grounds given (that the "fetus" is American). But it delighted some anti-abortion activists.