USA immigration policy
As a man of the law I am aware of the intricacies of citizenship and the fickle nature of international law; it is very difficult for people born with ethnic roots in one country to receive citizenship of another. It is even more difficult, verging on the impossible nowadays, if you are from a third world country and trying to get citizenship of a first world nation. We don't call the industrially developed nations the first world for no reason, everything from life expectancy to education is better there, and in comparison to our own country maybe a million fold better. So everyone and their kitchen cook is trying to get themselves to one of these first world countries, especially the USA, and dreaming of becoming a citizen. And so these first world countries are making it more and more difficult for people like us to get in.
A neat trick that many people have used is to slip in while pregnant and give birth to the baby in the USA so that the baby can get automatic citizenship, or as Mr Bobby Hajjaj points out, jus soli citizenship. And this is a good thing. At least I believe this is a good thing because it gives these children a chance at a better life. And now, as Mr Hajjaj says, this is being shut down in the USA because millions are abusing this citizenship loophole.
It will be truly sad if this happens and the USA senate decides to stop giving birth right citizenship within its borders. What will happen to people who have worked there or are working there but are not citizens themselves? what will happen to their children?
Is it really a good idea to close off a country's borders to the rest of the world especially when communication between that country and the rest of the world are rife with misunderstandings? Wouldn't more people from the third world moving into the USA make the rest of the world more sympathetic to the USA's policies?
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