OPINION:
If the 1.5 million or so Chinese people with birthright citizenship in the U.S. can vote at 18, will America praise the judges who allowed it?
If Martians gave birth in the U.S., wouldn’t those children be able to vote at 18 as well?
This is disingenuous and poorly thought out, especially by members of the judiciary, who seem unaware of birthright citizenship’s origins.
Birthright citizenship began after the Civil War to include children born to former slaves who lacked citizenship by birth. After World War II, children born in America to refugees were granted citizenship while their parents’ oaths were pending.
That precedent has led to today’s corruption of birthright citizenship. The judiciary should be ashamed of themselves.
Only those whose allegiance is to America can rightly claim birthright citizenship for their children. We must reject claims for children born in America to parents whose loyalty is to a foreign or hostile country.
These children may be used in sabotage and may never see this country again as they cast absentee ballots as U.S. citizens.
Grand Junction, Colorado
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