Up next in Arizona: Deport United States Citizen Children ‎

by Matthew Kolken    June 11, 2010

It appears as though the humanitarian branch of the Arizona Republican Party has found their next target for deportation: United States citizen children.

It has been reported that Arizona Republicans intend to introduce legislation this fall that will deny birth certificates to children born in the United States with parents who are not United States citizens.  Presumably this would include children born in the State of Arizona whose parents have Green Cards or have other lawful status but who are not citizens, as well as the children of undocumented immigrants.

This is the brainchild of Sen. Russell Pearce, which they are tenderly referring to as the "anchor baby" bill.

Apparently these people have never heard of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution which clearly states that:

1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction protection of the laws.

Supreme Court here we come.

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