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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Think of the exceptional cases that would be created, legal visitors or permanent residents who have their visa revoked, overstayed it, or otherwise broke the rules - maybe by working on a student visa - could/should their children's citizenship status be revoked as well?
Hell I'd rather GIVE citizenship to the near adults who were 4 years old when they came here, had no choice in the matter, and continued to not have a choice but go back to a country that they don't know. Until it takes less than 15-20 years to bring your family to the US from Latin America, and until we ditch the low quotas for that region, we're not going to solve the problem, and quite frankly it's racist and classist.
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Nothing Earth shattering here, Jus Soli is outdated. It's my understanding that most first world countries that still recognize Jus Soli have modified the law specifically to state that the parents must be legal residents for their child to be a citizen.
Drolefille- If the primary non immigrant Visa holder gets deported, his dependents get deported as well, unless they have their own immigrant status and aren't present in the U.S due to the primary's status.
I think that amnesty isn't going to come cheap this time around, so laws like this popping up doesn't surprise me one bit. I think we are eventually going to have another amnesty, but we are going to see some very strict laws to go with them.
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