Birthright Citizenship

 

The first sentence of the first Section of the 14th 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.” 

I doubt that people who voted to ratify the Amendment remotely considered that birthright citizenship would be used allow millions of people gain access to the assets others. (I am still waiting for someone to show me the Article/Section of our Constitution, or its Amendments, where We the People gave the federal government the power to take our money and redistribute it to others.)

Whatever it takes birthright citizenship should not be allowed in the United States. Not one of the 27 European Union nations allows birthright citizenship. Of the over 30 NATO nations only the US and Canada allow birthright citizenship.

According to a 2024 study by the Center for Immigration Studies, 59% of ALL non-citizen households in the US (legal and illegal) get benefits from one or more of the many federal welfare programs. Note, that is ALL non-citizen households, even those who have been here for years. 39% get food stamps, compared to 22% of US born households. 39% use Medicaid, compared to 27% of US born households. Fifteen percent actually get money from the Earned Income Tax Credit, compared to 10% of US born.

Medicaid, our tax dollars at work, pays for over 40% of all births in our nation, at a cost of $10-15k per birth. “Undocumented immigrants” are eligible for “Emergency Medicaid”. In 2023 225-250,000 children were born to undocumented mothers in the US. Currently those kids become US citizens and qualify for all the same benefits as a kid born to US citizens. On top of food stamps, Medicaid, housing, etc.: it costs taxpayers an average of $17,000 per year to educate those kids.

Total federal, state and local government spending was $12.8 trillion in FY 2025. The US population is 342 million. Government spending averages over $37,000 for every person in the US.  Many of us don’t pay our “fair share” of the cost of government. I wonder how many immigrants pay their “fair share”?

I can’t blame the people who are illegally invading our nation. They rightly see the US as heaven (Mexico just raised it DAILY minimum wage to $17. Guatemala’s is $426/month.) I do blame the scum in DC. Those who opened our borders and who are doing their best to keep them open.

The 14th Amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868. The Amendment was transmitted to state governors for ratification on June 16, 1866. Every formerly Confederate state, except Tennessee, refused to ratify it. New Jersey originally ratified it on September 11, 1866 and then rescinded the ratification on February 20, 1868. New Jersey did not ratify the Amendment until April 23, 2003, which meant nothing. Oregon ratified it on September 19, 1866 and then rescinded their ratification on October 16, 1868. It was not until April 25, 1973 that the state re-ratified the Amendment. Ohio ratified it on January 11, 1867, rescinded the ratification on January 13, 1868 and then re-ratified it on March 12, 2003.

You can read the full text of the 14th Amendment at https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-14/

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