what will happen to the children of illegal immigrants that are born here in the U.S?
415392
I would certainly hope they wouldn't do that. I am strongly against what this law is creating and will be creating. I hope that the U.S. has better sense then that. I also think that this whole thing with the new law is also teaching bad examples for our kids. It's teaching them to be prejudice and judgmental. We have enough kids waiting to get into foster care as it is with no home to go to.We could not afford to take kids from their parents and put them with strangers and hope they won't grow to be hateful knowing the government is responsible for taking them away from their biological families.
780890
If they come illegally, having a child will complicate their deportation.  It's also much more affordable in America, because all of the freebies as far as health care goes.
951222
It's when a Mexican illegal alien gets knocked-up and drops the kid in the United States so the kid will be an American citizen by birth.  When they try to send her back she whines it's not fair to send her American baby back to a terrible place like Mexico so she should be allowed to stay here, collect WIC, AFCD, Food Stamps and Section 8 Housing for her little Americano.
401632
It will eventually subside after the government decides and announces what their plans are for immigration.  Yes, there are a lot of very important issues today, but this is one of them.  This issue needs to be settled in a fair and just way and the laws of the land, whatever they be, must be strictly enforced.  Giving the illegals amnesty can only encourage more illegals to come to the USA because they will see that as a tacit okay to them coming illegally and it will be encouraging to them by saying, "If you come illegally and stick it out - eventually you will get rewarded for it, just like those before you."
185997
Yeah, if your here illegally then yeah you have no rights. But that doesn't mean that if you are here illegally and your kids are freakin born here, the government cant just take away the freaking citizenship of those born here! its a joke!!please!! Not only does this effect the illegals this also effects all those that have green cards. this is also applies to foreign exchange students!\n\nThe freaking NATIONAL SECURITY issue, yeah AMERICA IS ABSOLUTELY FINE IF WE GET RID OF ALL OF THE ILLEGALS!! THIS IS A JOKE!! yeah like this will happen!!\n\nMost immigrants do all the small jobs. then the freakin "WHITE" man says ,"they took our jobs", B.S. No one wants to do the small jobs.instead we hire immigrants and pay them less because those jobs aren't important!\n\nPassing this law is also going to cost too much! Just to hold the immigrants in the freaking deportation place is too much! its just like jail, but not that extreme!!\n\nthink about it, this could effect all of your friendships with latino's, asians, pacific islanders, and any other race out there.\n\nif they pass this law, this country is going down the drain, and it'll be all of our faults because we elect those in office. This reminds me of the JIM CROWE laws from back in the day. HR4437=TROUBLE!
1179385
Some people talk about the enormous damage that would occur to the US economy if suddenly, all at the same time, ALL illegal immigrants were deported - this is so laughable!  No one said they would all be deported at precisely the same time - all 12 million or more of them on the same day!  No, this would of course be impossible.  But it would happen over a period of time and as employers stopped hiring illegals, American citizens would step in to fill those jobs as they were vacated by illegals, more and more as the lack of hiring illegals also caused the wages to return to what they were at pre-illegal hiring.  With more and more American citizens doing the jobs at liveable wages, there will be fewer and fewer Americans on welfare, more tax dollars put into the system, more Americans with more money to spend IN AMERICA and so that even if the cost of a head of lettuce goes up a few cents, all Americans will be able to afford to buy that head of lettuce.  The economy, over the long-term (not so long, though) would be better than ever!
570449
Seriously, I think there will be a lot of fighting. A lot of United States citizens are really tired of illegals draining our economy, and I think the resentment will surface in a very violent way.  And just for the record, I hope they don't pass a bill allowing that, because it certainly isn't fair to the people who earned their citizenship the honest way.  By the way, my family has been here since about 1670.
780215
I want to have those with a criminal record deported. I want to see enforcement of our laws(no social services, no sanctuary cities, stiff penalties for those who hire illegals, no more exploited little babies used for citzenship, better training for border patrol, zero tolerance for ID theft, fraud, and those who traffick people, and the like). \nIf you can't get a job here, and you can't get government help of any kind, you can't have a baby so you can use it for citizenship,you are going to go home on your own- and it doesn't cost the taxpayer a dime. And it will make the business of having a secure border alot easier. Who is going to come illegally if they can't work here?
470777
Yes the child is a US citizen but the parents are not, and can still be deported.  I know this because my friend is trying to become a legal citizen and they are trying to kick her out of the US even though she has 2 children with a US citizen.
1125781
Well said, I have often thought about the dangers of children crossing the border with strangers. The only argument you get back is that they need to feed their families. They should stay in their home countries and demand that their countries give them a working and living wage and stop coming to America for the alleged jobs Americans won't do....Great question you asked.
547439
The scenario you describe could very well happen here.  Especially if illegals receive amnesty and are able to bring tens of millions more of their relatives from back home.  They will pretty soon become a majority - at least in places like California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.\n\nUnfortunately, most people refuse to look at history and learn its lessons.
673808
Neither them, or their children should become citizens. They broke the law to get here - why reward them? It just encourages more to come here.
1035062
I hope he gets sent back to wherever he came from along with all the other illegals from his family.  American citizens have had enough of taking care of your problems.  Help your own Country grow.
1142145
If the illegality of crossing the border was where it ended, probubly not a REALLY big deal but ...it doesn't end there. They come here poor, unenculturated, unaware, uneducated, unhealthy and un many other important things. They don't come here "un fertile" however.\nBeing in the "Un state" they are in, they don't have insurance, to cover their rather bad driving (many times while intoxicated) and the damage they do after they hit and run, is born by the property owner and or the insurance co. Rates go up, dislike for the Mexicans is fostered and Americans in general are demeaned both by the criminality, as well as the degredation of the lawful process that we usually live within.\nI don't know about you folks, but if I conduct myself in such a way as to break the law, I know there is a high likelyhood I will be caught and brought to justice. I have something to lose. The illegal hasn't got much or anything to lose. This illegal thang makes for two different systems of justice; a higher standard for us Americans ...and a lower standard for the illegals. Not a very fair, equitable or workable situation. It has to end for many reasons.
1135043
Umm it is meant in a derogatory way. \n\n\nI found this from a site " illegal alien parents who have children born in the U.S. are seldom deported . That's why their children are called "anchor babies" - they anchor their families securely in the U.S.A."\n\n\nread more by clicking the link.
351789
That's a loaded question. Illegal immigrants of all races are deported. Mexicans and Americans of Mexican descent are not targeted. A lot of the illegal immigrants that come through do happen to come from Mexico.
196711
Only if they go thru the legal process. It already is. Illegals take away a lot. They don't pay taxes, but we pay for thier kids school, doctors and hospital, emergency services, and sometimes food stamps.