NPG Releases Position Paper on Birthright Citizenship

[rangerrebew]

    NPG Releases Position Paper on Birthright Citizenship

    Analysis finds that current interpretation of 14th Amendment leads to massive chain migration, causing dangerous increases to U.S. population growth.



    Alexandria, VA, June 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the Trump Administration and 115th Congress continue to debate massive reforms to U.S. immigration policies, Negative Population Growth (NPG) has released a new Position paper today on the issue of birthright citizenship. NPG President Donald Mann notes: “Current application of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution grants automatic U.S. citizenship for every baby born on American soil – regardless of the immigration status of either parent. With present family preference policies in place, these so-called ‘anchor babies’ are able to later sponsor large numbers of immigrants to settle in the U.S. – even adult, non-nuclear family members. The pro-amnesty and open-border immigration lobbies have long capitalized on this loophole, frequently portraying today’s mass immigration numbers as a humanitarian effort – as well as a holy grail for economic growth. However, NPG’s newest Position paper highlights the real costs of such immigration-driven population growth, showing that it is greatly damaging to America’s long-term sustainability.”
 

    https://globenewswire.com/news-relea...tizenship.html

[Sanguine]

I don't know anything about the NPG.  Would I be correct in assuming that they are not a right-wing type of group?

[Fishrrman]

The only way to settle this issue with finality will be to:

1. Get a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. However, the issue shouldn't be pushed before the court until there has been at least one more, preferably two more "conservative" justices seated. It's not yet time to bring this before the Court.

2. Even so, there's no guarantee that even the most conservative Supreme Court imaginable will go against the "traditional" interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment as it has been applied since the 1860's. A little sumpin' called "stare decisis".

3. If the Court rules that the traditional application of the Fourteenth Amendment insofar as citizenship is concerned -- that is, anyone born on U.S. soil is a U.S. citizen -- stands, the only way to change this will be through a Constitutional amendment.

4. Since it would be impossible to get an amendment through Congress, the only possible course of action would be to pass it through an Article V Convention of the States.

And that's how it must be done.