I think maybe I might not be communicating my main point:
Legality is really not an issue in the larger scheme of things concerning the larger issue of illegal immigration.

It's not worth it to make a rather hard to remove ammendment for the purpose of solving a pet issue of today... when it won't solve the problem anyway!
Plus... if we can't pass laws for dealing with the more pressing larger problem, how will we see an ammendment pass that deals with a smaller subissue.

But most of all... is the problem that makes this so contentious really about the kids becoming citizens? No. In other times that has been helpful rather than a problem.
The reason people are all over it now is because they wrongly believe that changing this particular law will reduce illegal immigration and the net problems involved.
All it will really do is cause the problem to go even further underground.

To actually solve the problem requires going for the root.

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I don't expect the amendment will stop or even slow down illegal immigration, but it will put an end to the legal children of illegal aliens being eligible for welfare, food stamps and WIC's coupons.

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Do you know how much trouble would be avoided if they had just attached "on or before (date)" to the amendment?

Hind-sight rocks my world!

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That's a symptomatic problem that may not always be a problem.
I don't take constitutional ammendments lightly and cannot see passing one for the purpose of today's pet issue.

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-opening from Tales From the Darkside

I understand your point, but what would you to stop the illegals running across the border pregnant for the sole purpose of dropping an anchor baby who is immediately entitled to welfare, food stamps and WIC's coupons?

That's Los Angeles county ONLY. It's breaking the back of our state. I don't know how bad the problem is in Michigan, but Southern California is ground zero with near 3 million illegals calling it home. We are sinking under their weight. I realize for anyone who lives in a state where the illegal population is small and not really a problem it's hard to feel and see the impact.

There has been 84 Hospital closures between 1996 to September 2006, and this list is almost 2 years old.

All of these hospitals and more have shut their doors....gone. The main reason is the overburdening of the uninsured illegals. Birthing anchor babies is one of the largest costs and using the emergency rooms as a free clinic even though low cost county clinics are available. Why would they use a clinic where they have to pay a $30 fee when the ER is free? I am open to suggestions, what would Java do?

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