Besides the U.S. , what other countries allow babies born to illegals automatic citizenship?
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The problem is that this (Fourteenth Amendment)has been misinterpreted in recent years to mean simply that anyone born in the U.S, under any circumstances, is an American citizen.\nThis is neither the original intent of the law nor the way it was interpreted by the courts in subsequent decades. Some Americans speak of birthright citizenship as if it were an immutable law of nature. \nIt is not, and most other nations do not, in fact, recognize it. It is only a BAD HABIT that could be broken with a simple Executive Order. \n\nAccording to estimates, some 200,000 so-called anchor babies are born in the United States every year. \nOnce a mother has birthed a child on American soil, she can then seek to obtain citizenship for herself on the strength of the family-reunification laws. \nEven before this happens, she is very hard to deport, as the mother of an American, and the full panoply of welfare benefits is available to her, as is affirmative action if she is a member of a racial minority.\n\nA group of attorneys and immigration experts are trying to do something about the problem RIGHT NOW. \n\nCraig Nelsen, director of Friends of Immigration Law Enforcement Stated :\n"The situation we have today is absurd,There is a huge and growing industry in Asia that arranges tourist visas for pregnant women so they can fly to the United States and give birth to an American. This was not the intent of the Fourteenth Amendment; it makes a mockery of citizenship."\n(Sound Familiar??)\n\nThe key to undoing the current misinterpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment is this odd phrase\n\n"AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF."\n\nThe whole problem is caused by the fact that the meaning of this phrase, which was clear to anyone versed in legal language in 1868, has slipped with changes in usage. Fortunately, there is a large group of court precedents that make clear what the phrase actually means: \n\nThe Fourteenth Amendment EXCLUDES the children of aliens. (The Slaughterhouse Cases (83 U.S. 36 (1873)) \n\nThe Fourteenth Amendment draws a distinction between the children of aliens and children of citizens. (Minor v. Happersett (88 U.S. 162 (1874))\n\nThe phrase "subject to the jurisdiction" REQUIRES "Direct And Immediate ALLEGIENCE" to the United States, NOT just physical presence. \n(Elk v. Wilkins 112 U.S. 94 (1884)) \n\nThere is NO automatic birthright citizenship in a particular case. (Wong Kim Ark Case, 169 U.S. 649 (1898)) \n\nThe Supreme Court has NEVER confirmed birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens, temporary workers, and tourists. \n(Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202, 211 n.10 (1982)) \n\nThere are other cases referring to minor details of the question.\n\nThe so-called 14th amendment was never properly ratified either. \nIn the case of Dyett v. Turner, 439 P.2d 266, 270 (1968), the Utah Supreme Court recited numerous historical facts proving, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that the so-called 14th amendment was likewise a major fraud upon the American People.\n\nThose facts, in many cases, were Acts of the several State Legislatures voting for or against that proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Law Library has a collection of references detailing this major fraud.\n\nThe U.S. Constitution requires that constitutional amendments be ratified by three-fourths of the several States. As such, their Acts are governed by the Full Faith and Credit Clause in the U.S. Constitution. See Article IV, Section 1.\n\nJudging by the sheer amount of litigation its various sections have generated, particularly Section 1, the so-called 14th amendment is one of the worst pieces of legislation ever written in American history. \nThe phrase “subject to the jurisdiction of the United States” is properly understood to mean “subject to the municipal jurisdiction of Congress.” \n\nFor this one reason alone, the Congressional Resolution proposing the so-called 14th amendment is prov
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I think that if a child is born here to illegal immigrants, that child is also an illegal immigrant.  We can't keep the baby and put the Mother and Father out of the country.  We we could but hopefully we aren't that callous.  I think that if the parents are here illegally the baby should forfeit its citizenship.  It had no choice, but the pareents did, and chances are they came to this country to give automatic citizenship to a child.  In most foreign countries I may be able to buy a house, but as a non-citizen of that country I am never allowed to own property.  Our nation is primarily owned by Corporations or individuals of foreign soil.  In Mexico, it is illegal to hire an American.  What a wonderful way to be sure that all of your own people get work, and to keep people from overrunning your country.
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People become American citizens automatically either by being born in America or to an American citizen (either mother or father). People not born citizens can also naturalize through a fairly lengthy process.\n\nThe president is required to be a natural citizen (aka born in America or to American citizens), but for all other offices, the person must merely be a citizen, no matter how they became that way.
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Dual citizenship is where your parents were born in another country.  You were born in the USA.  You would be a citizen of the other country because your parents are citizens, and a citizen of the USA because that is where you were actually born.
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Panama is one of the few countries - like the US - in which birth in the country automatically accords citizenship.  See\nhttp://www.multiplecitizenship.com/wscl/ws_PANAMA.html\n\nBecause you were born of American parents and you have a CRBA, you are also a US citizen.  You may live in the US just as every US citizen does, with all rights and obligations.  You are entititled to a US passport, and must use it to enter and leave the US.\n\nAlthough you were born a Panamanian citizen, under Panamanian law you are supposed to decide which citizenship you want to retain - US or Panamanian - when you turn 18.  The US, on the other hand, does not have any laws against dual citizenship.\n\nYou can ask the US Embassy in Panama City (American Citizen Services) if Panama actually enforces that law or not.  You can also ask the Panamanian Embassy in Washington.  The address and phone number are in the link I gave you above.\n\nBy the way, you should know that, as a dual national, if you ever get into trouble in either country, you will be treated exactly like every other citizen of that country.  For example, if you're arrested in Panama, the US Embassy will not be able to assist you; you are Panamanian when you're in Panama.\n\nSince you want a copy of your Panamanian birth certificate, I suggest you call or write the Panamanian Embassy in Washington. They should be able to tell you how to get it.
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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.
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your son would be a citizen, but you need to prove it to the immigrations, unless you take your son to the US or file documents before your son is a certain age (i think 18) it will not be automatic. He will automatically be allowed into the country and get citizenship as long as you follow the correct procedures, but if you wait til he passes a certain age, it is too late, but this does not pass on to his children, unless he was a us citzen...\nMy cousin's father was a US citizen, he had her with a woman in another country. She visited the US all the time, but he never once filed for her to become a citizen, she offically lived in the country she was born, and her father died while she was a young child in the country she was born, which then made her in ineligible to claim her citizenship because now she is too old (now that she can do what she wants).\nThe US citizen parent though can still apply for the child, but it does not make the child a citizen, only a resident, but there are other criteria that would need to be actknowledged.
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yes the baby is an american citizenbut but but the mother is still not, the mother still have to go through all the necessary paper work to become a citizen, and if you can not stay in the u.s then the parents can either leave their baby to be put up for adoption ( friends , family or the state) or put the baby in a foster home or she can take the baby with you.\n   having a baby in the states doesnt mean that the parents are automatically citizens.
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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.
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Your question is very vague, but I will try to explain it to you.  There are two ways to become a US citizen upon birth - Jus Soli and Jus Sanguia.  They translate to "birth on American Soil" and "birth by blood".  The "American Soil" one is self explanatory, but the birth by blood is a little more complicated.  It pretty much means that if at least one of your parents is a US citizens and had resided in the US for more than 14 years, but you were born abroad (in a foreign country), you were still entitled to US Citizenship.  There usually involves more to it than that, but those are the basic laws.\n\nThe other way is to Naturalize.  You have to be 18 years old and a legal permanent resident for at least five years to do that.
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You need to wait until those children are adults.  Once they are adults, they can sponsor your green card application.  After you get your LPR status, you need to reside in the US for a certain length of time, you may then apply for citizenship. \n\nGranting of American citizenship is not automatic - you need to pass some tests as well as fulfill some requirements set forth by CIS.\n\nThe only people that can get their citizenship directly from being related to an American citizen are minor children of American citizens.
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International rules aren't that strict. It's often determined by which country you are a citizen of, not where you are born. There are even some exceptions to that, however.
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The baby was born to an American Citizen and is therefore American.  It would have been wise if the baby's birth was registered at the American Embassy or Consulate in Mexico to reduce problems in the future.
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Other countries than what?
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Contact the US State Department and talk with someone about the kidnapping of your baby.  They will work with the other countries' ambassador to work on the location of your child.
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It depends what two countries you are trying to gain dual citizenship in. If one is the United States you can forget it, they don't recognize dual citizenship
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because the law says that anyone born in the united states is a natural born citizen. How is it that your ancestors came and had babies here making them citizens? Same thing.