An End to Birthright Citizenship in Sight?

A proposal to change long-standing federal policy and deny citizenship to babies born to illegal immigrants on U.S. soil ran aground this month in Congress, but it is sure to resurface — kindling bitter debate even if it fails to become law.

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With more than 70 co-sponsors, Georgia Republican Rep. Nathan Deal tried to include a revocation of birthright citizenship in an immigration bill passed by the House in mid-December. GOP House leaders did not let the proposal come to a vote.

"Most Americans feel it doesn't make any sense for people to come into the country illegally, give birth and have a new U.S. citizen," said Ira Mehlman of the Federation of American Immigration Reform, which backs Deal's proposal. "But the advocates for illegal immigrants will make a fuss; they'll claim you're punishing the children, and I suspect the leadership doesn't want to deal with that."

I think that Mr. Mehlman is absolutely right...leadership doesn't want to deal with that. Because advocates for illegal immigrants -- an ironic appellation, when you consider the root of the word advocate, don't you think? -- will, indeed, "make a fuss." They will scream and cry and yell. They will accuse people of being anti-immigrant. They will call them racists. They will grab any media microphone within grabbing distance to shout that the illegal immigrants are being mistreated and abused.

Well, I'd say that it is the American people that are being mistreated and abused -- by people breaking our laws to come here, breaking our laws to stay here, and breaking our laws to work here. And what about those babies? Aren't they also being mistreated by their own parents who use them in an attempt to gain citizenship without following the rules? These people are taking advantage of their own children, and taking advantage of this country. When are we going to say enough is enough?

According to a survey last month by Rasmussen Reports, a nonpartisan public opinion research firm, 49 percent of Americans favor ending birthright citizenship, and 41 percent favor keeping it. The margin of error was plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Perhaps sooner than we thought.

A girl can hope.

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