This is appalling, but in the scheme of things, no one really cares about inconvenienced, over-burdened, and unfairly treated tax-paying American citizens.
Whatever you think “birthright citizenship” is, you’re probably wrong. In light of such “anchor baby” stories, I highly recommend this. Other sources:
- Birthright Citizenship and the Constitution
- Born in the U.S.A? Rethinking Birthright Citizenship in the Wake of 9/11 (PDF)
- Alien Birthright Citizenship: A Fable That Lives Through Ignorance
- Weigh Anchor! Enforce the Citizenship Clause
- ‘Birthright citizenship’ policy change stirs debate
It saddens me to say this, but my support for the war in Iraq has waned since I realized the Bush Administration has no intention of enforcing immigration law. I’m not a pacifist. I believe that war is a necessary evil, and freedom is worth dying for. But the so-called war on terror is undermined by our failure to secure our borders. I have problems with Americans dying abroad for the cause, while Islamofascists are using our lax enforcement and bone-headed PC tentativeness against us at home.
Mexicans and Central Americans flow into the United States with laughable ease. Is it too far of a stretch to imagine than Muslim terrorists are doing the same?
If you’re willfully deaf, dumb, blind, and suicidal, it probably is.
Update (9/25): Independent Conservative writes:
Back in 2004 there was news of Al Qaeda trying to bring a nuke over the US Southern border. Lately I’ve been reading numerous reports, that a dirty nuke was carried over the US Southern border and an attack is close.
I agree with Michael Savage, Bush has done little to close the southern US border and if the mentioned takes place on his watch, it would only be right to impeach him for failing to do what was necessary to protect the American people.
Also check out the Guard the Borders blog and podcast.
