Everyday, very pregnant Mexican and Central American women make their way across the U.S. border to give birth in an American hospital. These children are the famous, so-called "Anchor Babies," so prized by their foreign parents.
Once the child is born on American soil, he or she instantly attains U.S. citizenship. Not only are the parents allowed to stay but since they have no income, the baby is eligible for welfare, WIC, Food Stamps, etc.--all at the expense of the great American taxpayer. There are 350,000 of these Anchor Babies born in the U.S. every year. It is estimated that they consume $118 billion annually in government services.
Over-crowded schools filled with Spanish-only speaking students, closed hospitals, local police, fire, and paramedic services stretched to the breaking point, shrinking wages for Americans, disease, and violent crime are all by-products of the Mexican invasion.
The Anchor Baby phenomenon is simply an abuse of our 14th Amendment which was designed to ensure that black Americans still recovering from slavery, were given the same rights as every other American...The lawmakers who originally passed the measure could never have envisioned a time when it would assist invaders. Nor could those same lawmakers have ever envisioned a time when the U.S. Senate would encourage and assist said invaders.
The Fourteenth Amendment was passed by Congress in 1866 and ratified by three-fourths of the states in 1868.
The portion which is now being exploited by illegal aliens reads as follows:
“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 human tidal wave washing over the U.S.-Mexican border will dramatically lower our standard of living, and has already contributed to this country‘s stagnant wages. Perhaps, that is the goal of our globalist president...To bring us down to same level as those living in the Third World. After all, the poor, sick, and ignorant are much easier to control than are the wealthy, healthy, and wise.
If we are to once again become a nation of laws, we must end the practice of ‘birthright citizenship’ for the children of those who enter this nation illegally.
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Spot on again Dave. Stopping illegal immigration must become a National priority if we are to maintain any semblance of a decent standard of living. Not to mention the security threat it poses to the nation, by allowing Jihadists to flow across our borders unchecked.
Illegal aliens came here in 1492...from Europe.
Europeans are the only illegal aliens on Indigenous Peoples lands. This is not Europe, white boy.
We are repopulating this continent to make up for the genocides that your people have savagely committed on us.
WE WILL BECOME THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNTRY and there is not a f*ing thing you can do about it, Illegal Pilgrim Trailer Trash Rejects from Europe.
Your people were the losers and rejects of Europe, so you came over here to drop your white anchor babies and live our resources for your welfare.
CHECKMATE.
Well lets see dumb beaner, your last name is probably something Spanish and you probably speak Spanish. Last time I looked at a world map, Spain was in Europe. Gee, I wonder where your ancestors are from? And by the way, my ancestors came here the legal way.
Is this your only argument? It does not stand up and does not justify breaking US Laws. The only reason you are here is because white people allow it, your people have had their asses kicked by whites for centuries
Not going to happen. If it ever did by then the forces favoring the mis application of the 14th admendment will have judicial majorities so it will remain in effect as it is. 2 billion more will come, make room for them.
In other words, it's all over except the fat senorita singing. Those that don't like it should make arrangements to leave.
Modern Rome, it will fail from internal rot. The citizenry are too appathetic to resist, complacency is our destiny.
Get used to it.
Another good column from Dave.
I would add that the human tidal wave from Mexico already has lowered our standard of living. Look at the public school system in Los Angeles for example -- once one of the best, now a gang-ridden basket case that has caused many citizen families to flee from L.A.
And let's remember that our fight is not only against illegal immigration, but also against the radical increase in LEGAL immigration that has resulted over the past couple of decades -- well over the historical norm.
It's thus time to end the "anchor baby" or "jackpot baby" abuse and also dramatically decrease legal immigration. Middle class taxpayers simply cannot afford to take care of thr world's poor.
I agree with ProudMexican, to an extent. I am white, and I do not appreciate being called "Illegal Pilgrim Trailer Trash." With that said, I think it is very bias and prejudice of you to write, "Over-crowded schools filled with Spanish-only speaking students, closed hospitals, local police, fire, and paramedic services stretched to the breaking point, shrinking wages for Americans, disease, and violent crime are all by-products of the Mexican invasion." Let's look at the ethnicities of the perpetrators of some of the most violent crimes in the U.S.; Virginia Tech shooting-Asian, Columbine High shooting-white, 9/11-Iraqi, Charles Manson-white, KKK-white, Neo-nazis-white, Oklahoma City bombing-white, Amish school shooting in P.A.-white. It is unfair and just plain prejudice to blame an entire race for a laundry list of issues in our country. The U.S. has a lot of problems to work out, for sure, but blaming the Mexicans is not the solution.
I beg to differ, "Mexicano Orgulloso." In spite of your ignorant boastings, remember that the followers of Hirohito and Hitler thought they were indestructible, but ended up destroyed anyway. Your little anthill people will end up on the short end of the stick also. Just watch.
IF AND WHEN THESE THIRD WORLDERS EVER LEARN THEIR REAL HISTORY.ABOUT MEXICAN and AMERICAN War AND MONEY PAID TO ACQUIRE THE TERRITORY THEIR CRYING ABOUT?Not only that AMERICA could have kept MEXICO For AMERICAS use HA HA HOWS THAT?So PLEASE Third worlders read some REAL HISTORY BOOKS?AN AMERICAN CITIZEN>P.S. FROM IRELAND ORIGINALLY SO I AM AMERICAN IRISH>>>>
Mr Gibson- Thanks for another excellent article, thanks to others for comments. The Admin has just signed to send 34000 more troops to mideast but the border is open, WHY? Yes, they are catching some jihadis in the desert, as well as GangMembers. The Caucasians who came to the West Hemi were seeking freedom from tyranny and had the fortitude to settle in wilderness. Natives who attacked were slaughtered. Eventually a nation was founded and Fought for by White Men. The Banksters subverted the Law (1965)to cause non-white influx. The peoples of color think that they will "takeover" 1st world country and be "rich" but they only bring it down to their natural level (Witness L.A.). As Americans begin to understand the mentality of these illegals, they are less and less accomodating. This is part of the reason so many are becoming active, forming neighborhood watches and patrols, and becoming legally armed.
ProudMexican says:
"Illegal aliens came here in 1492...from Europe.
Europeans are the only illegal aliens on Indigenous Peoples lands. This is not Europe, white boy."
You are an ignorant moron (and a racist). There were NO immigration laws in place in North America when the first Europeans started arriving here. Since you can't violate a law that doesn't exist, these Europeans were NOT illegal aliens.
You're right about the racism in ProudMexican's idiotic post, but justifying 17th Century Western Expansionism because Native Americans didn't have immigration laws is like arguing that slavery was fair game because there was no Thirteenth Amendment. Just because it's legal certainly doesn't make it right. Our ancestors (or mine, at least--I don't mean to speak for you or anyone else) stole this country and eradicated its inhabitants by bringing war and disease.
ProudMexican said:
"WE WILL BECOME THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNTRY and there is not a f*ing thing you can do about it, Illegal Pilgrim Trailer Trash Rejects from Europe."
Hey racist idiot, you Mexicans come from a corrupt, lawless, dysfunctional, and worthless country. And you really believe that Mexicans are going to take over the United States and be able to keep up the military, economic, medical, and technological standards that the world expects from the United States? Don't make me laugh! Go back to your worthless Mexico, racist little boy.
Excellent article! The www.14thAmendment.US website is a great resource on this issue. It contains information on the historical intent of the amendment - which most definitely was not intended to include anchor babies. Indeed, it originally did not even address American Indians.
Until illegal immigration stops being so profitable in cash and votes, it will continue. Let's scream loud and long when "comprehensive reform" rears its ugly head. Stop this travesty and demand that illegal aliens go home. No one who has broken in ever deserves to even apply for citizenship. Mexicans and their supporters don't care about the financial drain on this country and that they are undercutting wages... they just want the "freebies" and to turn this country into the third world they bring with them. They will never assimilate. Just look at the language problem. This is the first time in our nation's history that another language is now equal to English. Let's stop it before it's too late to turn it around. Keep calling, faxing, writing and phoning until the traitors in DC learn that we, the people, have a voice.
"It is estimated that they consume $118 billion annually in government services."
Estimated by who? Center for Immigration Studies?
www.splcenter.org/intel/nativist_cisreports.jsp
Comptroller for the State of Texas;
"The absence of the estimated 1.4 million undocumented immigrants in Texas in fiscal 2005 would have been a loss to our gross state product of $17.7 billion. Undocumented immigrants produced $1.58 billion in state revenues, which exceeded the $1.16 billion in state services they received."
www.cpa.state.tx.us/specialrpt/undocumented/undocumented.pdf
Francine J. Lipman
Professor of Law
Courses Taught: Federal Income Taxation and Corporate Tax
www.chapman.edu/law/faculty/lipman.asp
'The widespread belief is that illegal aliens cost more in government services than they contribute to the economy. This belief is undeniably false. [E]very empirical study of illegals' economic impact demonstrates the opposite...undocumenteds actually contribute more to public coffers in taxes than they cost in social services.'
Taxing Undocumented Immigrants: Separate, Unequal and Without Representation
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=881584
The Undocumented Immigrant Tax
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1292960&rec=1&srcabs=881584
Illegal Immigrants are Paying a Lot More Taxes Than You Think; Eight 8 million pay Social Security, Medicare, and income taxes
reason.org/news/show/122411.html
'shrinking wages for Americans, disease, and violent crime are all by-products of the Mexican invasion.'
Even Lou Dobbs acknowledges his disease claims were bogus.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM1SNmRu2V8
David Card
Center of Labor Economics
University of California, Berkeley
elsa.berkeley.edu/econ/faculty/card_d.shtml
"If Mexicans were taller and whiter," said University of California, Berkeley, professor David Card, "it would probably be a lot easier" for the public to accept the majority view of economists that the net effects of immigration, which is now predominantly Latino, are positive.
www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/magazine/09IMM.html?ex=1310097600&en=8b2c5c0a2ceea8e0&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Why has violent crime been DECLINING since 1990, as immigration has been skyrocketing?
www.wjh.harvard.edu/soc/faculty/sampson/articles/2006_NYT_OpenDoors.pdf
US Murders 2007;
Total -2.7
Northeast -8.6
Midwest -3.8
South +2.9
West -6.7
www.fbi.gov/ucr/2007prelim/table2.htm
US Murders 2008;
Total -4.4
Northeast -1.2
Midwest -5.2
South -5.2
West -4.2
www.fbi.gov/ucr/2008prelim/table_2.html
Crime falls in Los Angeles for 6th consecutive year. Crime in Los Angles was lower in 2008 than the 1960s.
articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/01/local/me-socalcrime1
Crime decreases in most L.A. Sheriff's Department areas
www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sheriff-crime22-2009sep22,0,7821877.story
NYC crime falls for 18th consecutive year. NYC had more murders in 1961 than 2008.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a6LIJt1oDrxY&refer=us
US Department of Justice, homicide rate 1900 - 2004
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/hmrt.htm
US Department of Justice, violent crime rates graph
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/viort.htm
1)Go to Lost Angeles 2) Look around 3) Leave before you are assaulted, mugged, robbed, beaten, stabbed, shot, or killed!
"Noncitizen men from Mexico between the ages of 18 and 40, which the study indicated were more likely to be in the country illegally, were eight times less likely to be in a "correctional setting,"
www.ppic.org/content/pubs/cacounts/CC_208KBCC.pdf
On Sunday, April 19, 2009, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary JANET NAPOLITANO went on CNN’s “State of the Union” and proclaimed that crossing the border is not a crime.
"crossing the border is not a crime"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTqim4Se70k
"If we are to once again become a nation of laws, we must end the practice of ‘birthright citizenship’ for the children of those who enter this nation illegally."
This statement makes no sense whatsoever and exposes the true agenda of the writer.
On the one hand, the nativists are up in arms, ostensibly over 'the law'. In the next breath, they rail against ‘birthright citizenship’-- which IS the law!
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS!
Take it to the Supreme Court, its a SLAM DUNK! :)
Why do hispanics want to LEAVE hispanic countries?
“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.”
What is the difference between a PERSON and a CITIZEN?
Is an 'illegal alien' a PERSON?
If you can gut the 14th amendment, how long until the 1st amendment guarantee of free speech is abolished? What about the 2nd amendment right to bear arms?
The 14th amendment of the US Constitution means what it says -- not what you want it mean despite what it says.
Should the US take all of those from South America, india, china, Africa? When is it ENOUGH? Send them ALL home!
troll being says:
'Why do hispanics want to LEAVE hispanic countries?'
The same reason millions upon millions of Europeans fled THEIR countries?
The American Dream?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwo4eZ-MF10
Why didn't Europeans just 'fix their own country' in lieu of 'fleeing like cowards'?
Why did Iceland collapse? Too many non white minorities?
Why are Poland, Hungary, Latvia, Ukraine, Lithuania and a slew of other European countries on the abyss of economic collapse?
Too many non-white minorities?
Given that Europeans did NOT have the consent of NATIVE Americans to settle upon their lands, doesn't that mean Europeans came here ILLEGALLY?
Doesn't that make ppl like Dave Gibson 'anchor babies' themselves???
???
I see the troll "Human Being" is back cut and pasting his repetitive nonsense.
Here are some facts regarding illegals and crime:
According to a Pew Hispanic Center study, non-citizen Hispanics accounted for 29 percent of all federally sentenced offenders in 2007. This figure includes those sentenced for immigration offenses, of which 74 percent were non-citizen Hispanics. Information in the study also indicates that 25 percent of those sentenced for drug crimes were non-citizen Hispanics. In comparison, Hispanic non-citizens comprised only 5.1 percent of the nation’s total adult population in 2007.
@ Illegals go home;
Post the link to your claim that;
According to a Pew Hispanic Center study, non-citizen Hispanics accounted for 29 percent of all federally sentenced offenders in 2007
Just drop the http, otherwise the system won't take it.
More on illegals and crime:
Maricopa County, Ariz.: 22 percent of felons are illegal aliens;
Lake County, Ill.: 19 percent of jail inmates are illegal aliens;
Collier County, Fla.: 20 to 22 percent of jail inmates and arrestees are illegal aliens;
Weld County, Colo.: 12.8 to 15.2 percent of those jailed are illegal aliens
"30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens"
A 2005 report by the nonpartisan General Accounting Office says that immigrants — both documented and undocumented — constitute 27% of federal prisoners, many there on immigration related charges only. But fewer than 13% of incarcerated people in America are in federal prisons, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. When both federal and state prisoners are counted, about 6% are non-citizens; that is actually less than expected, because documented and undocumented immigrants make up roughly 8% of adults residing in the U.S.
www.gao.gov/new.items/d05337r.pdf
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pim07.pdf
www.gao.gov/new.items/d05646r.pdf
The "study" purporting to to find that illegal immigrants are sentenced for 22% of all felonies in Maricopa County is bogus.
www.kfyi.com/cc-common/mlib/622/10/622_1222963724.pdf
Page 5, paragraph 2 states that Maricopa County Attorney Office (MCA)O staff enters for each defendant whether the defendant is an illegal immigrant, not an illegal immigrant or unknown.
The following paragraph (page 5, paragraph 3) states that 23% of defendants sentenced had a citizenship status of "unknown". The same paragraph then states that a "random sample" of the those whose citizenship was "unknown" was taken and estimated to be 13.1%--though this is irrelevant.
Then, looking at the chart on page 6, we see that felons sentenced whose citizenship is unknown are omitted from the calculations, as the chart CLEARLY states at the bottom!
THIS IS A FRAUD!
Nearly 1/4 of the TOTAL number of sentenced felons were omitted from the calculation!
www.kfyi.com/cc-common/mlib/622/10/622_1222963724.pdf
If I have 100 marbles. They come in 2 colors; red and blue. We know that we have 35 red marbles. We know that we have 40 blue marbles. Of the remaining 25 marbles, we don't know what color they are.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE 100 MARBLES ARE RED?
By analogy; He just divides 35 red marbles by the 75 marbles whose color is known, arriving at his conclusion that 18.7% of sentenced felons are undocumented immigrants--he did NOT use sampling in the 18.7% calculation!
He simply omits the 25 of unknown color! See the chart on page 6.
Then, he says that a "random sample" of the UNKNOWN category was taken and that "analysis" found 13.1% of them to be undocumented immigrants. He then adds this percentage from the UNKNOWN category to the known sentenced felons and ostensibly recalculates the percentage of sentenced felons in Maricopa County, who are undocumented immigrants, to be 23%.
www.kfyi.com/cc-common/mlib/622/10/622_1222963724.pdf
BOGUS!
Maricopa County, Arizona crime;
www.sabanforsheriff.com/2008/blog/viewtopic.php?t=137
"For instance, in Mesa, Hispanics - here legally or not - accounted for 24 percent of all arrests in 2006 for Part I offenses.
Although these figures do not distinguish among citizens, legal immigrants and immigrants who are here illegally, it shows that undocumented Hispanic immigrants could not possibly commit crimes at the rates quoted by some.
Anglos accounted for 65 percent. Other groups accounted for the remainder.
The rate of arrests for Part I offenses is a good barometer of the overall criminality rates because they include most serious crimes such as murder, rape, robbery and theft, including auto and burglary.
Drilling further down we also look at population rates. Based on recent estimates, Mesa's Hispanic population is approximately 25 percent. Anglos are in the mid-60s to high 60s percentile.
More on illegals and crime:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) estimates that immigrants (legal and illegal) comprise 20 percent of inmates in prisons and jails. The foreign-born are 15.4 percent of the nation’s adult population.
some posters just dont fit in here.....
One more item on illegals and crime:
Most studies comparing crime rates and immigration levels across cities show no clear correlation between the immigrant share of a city’s population and its level of crime. This is one of the strongest arguments that immigrants do not have high crime rates. However, such studies generally measure only overall crime, not crimes specifically committed by immigrants, so their value is limited.
Why do hispanics move into White neighborhoods?
The borders are open becuz Those at the Top want it. Like They want the opium in Afgh and oil in Iraq.USA will become 3rd world.
we're taking over one state at a time.....house by house!
don't like it come to www.dreamact.info !!
Actually if one read all of the 14th Amendment children born to illegal alien mothers and visitors to the US are not US citizens when born here. The 14th states
All persons born or naturalized in the
United States and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States and
the State wherein they reside. ...
The key phrase in this issue is "subject to the jurisdiction thereof". Change "jurisdiction" to "King" or "Queen" and the meaning becomes clearer due to historical practice. To become a subject in relations to the 14th requires one to be given birth by subject (i.e. citizen) or someone who has petitioned the "King" to enter and reside in the country. Visitors and illegal aliens are not subjects and their children are not citizens. For instance a visitor or illegal alien can not be drafted - a subject can be drafted.
The children are citizens of the country of the mother not US citizens.
Human Being says:
"Why has violent crime been DECLINING since 1990, as immigration has been skyrocketing?"
The answer is simple. Most states have passed tougher sentencing laws (3-strikes, etc.) over the past 20 years. The longer we keep violent criminals behind bars, the fewer crimes they will commit.
Jajaja said:
"we're taking over one state at a time.....house by house!
don't like it come to www.dreamact.info !!"
Yes, you're destroying this country one state at a time......house by house.
Every illegal alien who is working, or has worked, in this country has committed a crime. Among the crimes that illegal aliens have committed simply by working here are ID theft, document fraud, Social Security fraud, employment "I-9 Form" fraud, income tax evasion, and conspiracy to violate immigration laws.
Human Being said:
"Given that Europeans did NOT have the consent of NATIVE Americans to settle upon their lands, doesn't that mean Europeans came here ILLEGALLY?
Doesn't that make ppl like Dave Gibson 'anchor babies' themselves???"
In order for something to be illegal, it has to be in violation of a law. Consent simply means to give permission. For example, the daughter didn't have her mother's consent to go to the mall, but the daughter didn't violate any law by going to the mall. Since the Native Americans didn't have any immigration laws in place at the time that Europeans began arriving on this continent, those Europeans were NOT illegal aliens.
I see that Human Being, La Raza's Minister of Propaganda, has stopped by to copy and paste the same deceptive and out-of-context "facts" and "statistics" that he/she has posted on many other forums and message boards. Human Being has been given the difficult job of trying to convince Americans that having 15-20 million (or more) illegal alien lawbreakers in the United States is good for this country.
Human Being says:
"The 14th amendment of the US Constitution means what it says -- not what you want it mean despite what it says."
Senator Jacob Howard, the author of the citizenship clause in the 14th Amendment, said this in regard to the true meaning of the citizenship clause:
"This amendment which I have offered is simply declaratory of what I regard as the law of the land already, that every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will NOT, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons."
For many years many South Korean mothers-to-be have been flying here when ready to deliver their babies. They gather up the paper work that prove the babies' U.S. birth, then fly back to South Korea and apply for passports at the U.S. Embassy. In many cases the children never learn to speak English, yet they're American citizens. Does anyone believe that this was envisioned and approved by those who wrote and passed the 14th Amendment?
In the 1884 U.S. Supreme Court case, Elk v. Wilkins, the phrase "subject to its jurisdiction" was interpreted to exclude "children of ministers, consuls, and citizens of foreign states born within the United States." In Elk v. Wilkins, the American Indian claimant was considered not an American citizen because the law required him to be "not merely subject in some respect or degree to the jurisdiction of the United States, but completely subject to their political jurisdiction and owing them direct and immediate allegiance."
Even though John Elk was born a member of an Indian tribe on American soil, Elk could not meet the allegiance test of the jurisdictional phrase because he "owed immediate allegiance to" his tribe, a quasi-nation, and not to the United States. Because of this, the Court held that John Elk was not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States at birth, and therefore was not a U.S. citizen at birth.
Regarding the 14th Amendment, the real issue is whether it legal in the first place. If you do your research, you will find that the 14th Amendment never was legal. Corruption in the government after the Civil War was as big then as it is now.
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