Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) became a cosponsor of Rep. Heath Shuler's (D-N.C.) SAVE Act. In doing so, he has joined an elite group of Congressmen and women who have cosponsored NumbersUSA's 5 great immigration bills. These bills are the SAVE Act, the Nuclear Family Priority Act, the SAFE Act, the Birthright Citizenship Act, and the CLEAR Act.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, who up until just a few months ago was actively working on a mass amnesty bill with Sen. Chuck Schumer, said that he is considering the introduction of a Constitutional amendment that would put an end to Birthright Citizenship.
Oregon Rep. Greg Walden has cosponsored H.R.1868 that would require at least one parent of a newborn to be a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident before receiving citizenship. The bill was offered by former Rep. Nathan Deal who resigned his position to run for Governor in Georgia and has been taken over by Rep. Phil Gingrey.
A new ABC story highlights the abuse of Birthright Citizenship, and the growing popularity of "Birth Tourism" among foreign visitors. U.S. hotels are offering birth packages that offer expecting mothers a hotel suite for two months so they can give birth in the United States, awarding automatic citizenship to their newborn child.
Sen. Richard Shelby fielded questions during a Town Hall meeting in North Alabama on Saturday and showed his support for a birthright citizenship law. Currently, the United States grants automatic citizenship to all children born in the country.
The retirement of Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) will end a 17-year unbroken commitment to persuading Congress to eliminate birthright citizenship for illegal aliens. He was among the co-sponsors of the original bill in 1993 to put the U.S. in line with most other modern nations. And he has been the lead sponsor of the bill in every Congress since 2003.
Rep. Parker Griffith, who recently switched his party affiliation from the Democrats to the Republicans, has sponsored three of NumbersUSA's "5 Great Immigration-Reduction Bills." Rep. Griffith has already been a cosponsor of the SAVE Act.
Last year, demographer Arthur C. Nelson of the University of Utah predicted that the population of the United States would hit 1 billion sometime during the years 2100-2120. After analysis, it looks like a perfectly reasonable estimate to me.
Business Week is running a debate on-line today about giving U.S. citizenship to every person born within our borders -- including babies of tourists, illegal aliens, foreign students. I was given 200 words to make the case against it. Read them here . . .
Indiana Rep. Dan Burton, Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz, and Minnesota Rep. John Kline have cosponsored Rep. Nathan Deal's Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868).
Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) added his name to the list of cosponsors to three of the "5 Great Immigration-Reduction Bills" supported by NumbersUSA. On Thursday, Rep. Tiahrt cosponsored Rep. Phil Gingrey's Chain Migration Bill, Rep. Nathan Deal's Birthright Citizenship Act, and Rep. Marsha Blackburn's CLEAR Act.
In my blog from Thursday, June 18, I looked at the historical views of black Americans towards massive immigration of low-skilled labor. For today’s African-Americans regarding illegal immigration, there seems to be a divergence between the leadership and the rank-and-file. Terry Anderson, a radio host in Los Angeles, airs his views in a two part video interview that is posted on the CAPS website. The link was sent to me by a NumbersUSA member who wrote, “Everyone at NumbersUSA needs to see these radio interviews.”
South Carolina Rep. Henry Brown, Kentucky Rep. Geoff Davis, and Louisiana Rep. Rodney Alexander have cosponsored Rep. Nathan Deal's Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868).
There were 40 original cosponsors when Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868). The bill would add requirements to citizenship for babies born in the United States or its territories. Over the past month, NumbersUSA has been recognizing the original cosponsors, and here's are 20 more original cosponsors.
Rep. Nathan Deal's (R-Ga.) bill to end Birthright Citizenship added 25 new cosponsors after the Memorial Day recess. The bill currently has 71 cosponsors in addition to Deal and is one of the five bills closely followed by NumbersUSA.
Texas Rep. John Culberson and Michigan Rep. Thaddeus McCotter were among the 40 original cosponsors when Rep. Nathan Deal introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868) last month.
Kentucky Rep. Ed Whitfield and Georgia Rep. John Linder were among the 40 original cosponsors when Rep. Nathan Deal introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868) last month.
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan and Texas Rep. Mike Conaway were among the 40 original cosponsors when Rep. Nathan Deal introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868) last month.
A majority of Hispanic children are now U.S.-born children of immigrants, primarily Mexicans who came to this country in an immigration wave that began about 1980, according to a report released yesterday.
Nevada Rep. Dean Heller and Texas Rep. Randy Neugebauer were among the 40 original cosponsors when Rep. Nathan Deal introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868) last month.
California Rep. John Campbell and Georgia Rep. Jack Kingston were among the 40 original cosponsors when Rep. Nathan Deal introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868) last month.
Georgia Rep. Paul Broun and Texas Rep. Kenny Marchant were among the 40 original cosponsors when Rep. Nathan Deal introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868) last month.
In the Spring of 1999, Charles Wood wrote "Losing Control of America's Future -- the Census, Birthright Citizenship, and Illegal Aliens," published by the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Wood provided legal counsel to the United States Senate Immigration Subcommittee from 1995-97, 1985 and 1979-82.
Georgia Rep. Phil Gingrey and Texas Rep. Kevin Brady were among the 40 original cosponsors when Rep. Nathan Deal introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868) last month.
Birthright Citizenship is the automatic granting of citizenship to children born within a nation's borders or territories. The United States and Canada are the only developed nations in the world to still offer Birthright Citizenship to tourists and illegal aliens. The map to the left shows the nations that still grant Birthright Citizenship -- the nations in RED are the developed nations; the nations in ORANGE are the non-developed nations.
Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling and Arizona Rep. Trent Franks were among the 40 original cosponsors when Rep. Nathan Deal introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868) last month.
Georgia Rep. Lynn Westmoreland and North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones were among the 40 original cosponsors when Rep. Nathan Deal introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868) last month.
California Reps. Brian Bilbray and Dan Lungren were among the 40 original cosponsors when Rep. Nathan Deal introduced the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868) last month.
Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) reintroduced his Birthright Citizenship bill that would eliminate automatic citizenship for children born in the United States. The Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868) would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it more difficult for children born in the U.S. to gain citizenship.
A new Pew Hispanic Center report reveals a big increase in the number of children born in the United States to at least one illegal alien parent. In 2003, the group found that 2.7 million children had at least one parent who was in the country illegally, but that number is now up to 4 million kids. The report also reveals that 73 percent of all children of illegal aliens are U.S. citizens.
A Fort Wayne, Ind., paper says Sen. Lugar thinks Americans will be so distracted by the bad economy that he will be able to slip the DREAM Act amnesty through the Senate this next year. It is always sad when a truly distinguished statesman, with a record of level-headed leadership, embarrasses himself with outlandish open-borders positions, but it happens all the time. Let me tell you why Lugar's dream of amnesty for illegal-alien teenagers is an attack on American workers.
In asking Georgia voters to send him back to the U.S. Senate, Saxby Chambliss promised to support 12 immigration actions that NumbersUSA considers the most important for protecting American workers, communities and our heritage of individual freedom and natural bounty. His defeated opponent basically only promised to grant an amnesty to 12-20 million illegal foreign workers and their dependents. Georgia voters chose the "True Immigration Reform Candidate."
Birthright citizenship is based on an interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was originally enacted to ensure civil rights for the newly freed slaves after the Civil War. Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment states, "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."
