Ending Birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants?

Should the Us government end the birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants?

The 14^th Amendment Section I of US Constitution states that: “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 any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The constitution of US is strong and clear. If we abide with the constitution as the supreme law, we should respect the document with proud and dignity. US should not take away the Birthright citizenship. Kids born to illegal immigrant on US territories should be granted citizenship. And if they are born and grown up here, how are they less American than anyone else? Those kids are innocent that did not decide where or when to be born. It was granted by the Constitution, a command of the highest law of the land. Some people arguing that Birthright citizenship is a misinterpretation of the 14^th amendment. Misinterpretation or not, we should not take away this right. Many of the birthright citizens has and continuing to contribute to the thriving of this nation. Children of immigrants are legally equal to any other American, they can assimilate well. Ending birthright citizenship would create a whole new problem of stateless children loss and victimized for generations to come.

Pittsburgh

Scott Martelle wrote an article in Los Angeles Time titled: The killings in Pittsburgh weren't an anomaly. Violence and prejudice define us. This article is written in response to another tragedy in America. The intend audience is all Americans. The author points out that if we referred to ourselves as civilized nation, we should make the difference which is not happening. This article is worth reading, and I agree with the author when he states that “The cold hard reality is that we live in a racist, violent society.” You and I are part of this society. The founding fathers of America created a new nation dedicated to the idea that all men are created equal. There were so many great people who arise and defended this idea of equality. As a nation, we have made a lot of progress, unfortunately stereotyping and unequal treatment persist. The motivation of hate is so diverse, it includes racial, religious, political, sexual orientation and other characteristics. No matter what the motive could be, it often results to a tragedy of someone losing life. When I saw the title of this article, I directly criticized the author for saying that “violence and prejudice define us.” It is easy to deny and say that violence and prejudice do not define me, but when you sit and think about it, there is a truth in the statement. Why the number of hate crime is increasing every year? Sometimes, it is easier to ignore such thing when it has not happened in your neighborhood, one may feel like it doesn’t affect you because you just hear or see it on TV.

When we don’t act, we are part of the problem.

People are fighting all over the country against hate crime, but it takes an individual effort required from all of us to stand up to promote tolerance and inclusion. We must reject the idea of violence defining who we are. We need to break the chain and create a tolerant society and show the way to the next generation. Sitting home with our virtue does not help anymore.

We all have responsabilty to make democracy better !

In October 12, 2018, Adam B. Schiff, a member of House Intelligence Committed published an article in Washington Post about “How a democratic house will check this erratic president.” The author presented his opinion about the present Executive administration and how the Congress is handling the issues.  

In my opinion, the US has never been perfect but trying to make this nation a better place to live with its strong Constitution in place. Every past government has their reputation stained at some point. I’m not supporting all the current administration policies, but we should recognize some of the progress such as decline of unemployment rate. Every administration has their high and low time. I think everyone of us has a responsibility of making the democracy better, because it is a democratic nation which rely on the contribution of all citizens. The government of US don’t have the ability to take care of every single problem that arise in the world. How this “erratic president” is getting his way then? What happens to the system of checks and balances? The responsibility is on both Republican and Democratic parties. One important thing to consider is what citizens are looking when assessing their political opponents’ values and performances. In one side, Republicans criticizing Democrats of being too liberal, immoral, or lazy, in the other side, Democrats accusing Republicans of being too closed-minded. Who is wright or who is wrong? It all depends of which side you are of.  Maybe it is time for a strong third party in US. Adam Schiff opinion’s is surely a democratic partisanship point of views.