14th Amendment

Ok, this article is gonna piss me off. Link. Basically, if you don't want to RTFA, a congressman from Texas wants to rethink the 14th amendment making anyone born here an automatic citizen. Regardless of if the congressman is a Republican, I am extremely hesitant to touch the Constitution. Children born in the USA are citizens, automatically, without question. Now, if the parents are illegal immigrants, then the child may go with the parents back to their home country and apply for citizenship legally, or the child can be put into foster care to be raised as an American citizen. Sure, there are costs involved with such an undertaking, but the child born here, even if illegally, is still an American citizen.

There's probably some people out there who are going to tell me that if the child is in foster care, then they have a higher probability of becoming criminals or some such nonsense. That will be a decision that the child makes when they grow up and become adults. There are plenty of people out there who were adopted or raised in foster care that grew up to be productive members of society.

There's also going to be plenty of people who email me and say "How can you be against immigration?" I'm not. I'm against illegal immigration. If you want to come to my country, go through the proper channels, and become a citizen, I welcome you with open arms. Come to my country, I'll gladly show you all the wonderful things about my country. How you can prosper and provide a better life for you and your family if you work hard and keep your nose clean. For example, I had the pleasure of working with a young Indian woman named Anurada. At least I hope I'm spelling her name correctly, it's been a long time since I've worked with her at my previous job. She was bright, witty, and went through the proper channels on getting citizenship. Her and I shared stories about our respective countries and she was a joy to be around. Her husband was equally pleasant and wanted nothing more then to make a better life for himself and his wife.

What it basically boils down to is, leave the Constitution as is. It was written 230 years ago and has gotten us this far without problems and has allowed countless people to live and flourish. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Travis