Birthright Citizenship Should Be Banned
The Supreme Court of the United States is reviewing the executive order issued by President Trump, which restricts birthright citizenship. The executive order issued by President Trump reverses what has been a longstanding policy that the children of those crossing our borders illegally are citizens if they are born on US soil. Under the new executive order signed by President Trump, the children of illegal immigrants born on US soil would not automatically become American citizens, but instead would have the same immigration status as their parents.
The practice of granting citizenship to babies of illegal aliens is not the policy of most other nations in the world, nor is it the practice of other nations to have open borders for obvious reasons. Attorneys general in Blue states have begun filing suit to challenge the executive order, as is to be expected in keeping with the policy of Democrat-Socialists in exalting the welfare and rights of illegal aliens above American citizens.
Trump’s executive order would bring American policy on birthright citizenship in line with most of the countries in the civilized world, including France, Japan, China and India.
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was intended to protect the rights and citizenship of former slaves and their children. It was vital at the time it was added to our Constitution.
One legal scholar has succinctly addressed the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution as not affecting the citizenship of the offspring of “pregnancy tourists.”
Democrat-Socialists, naturally, take the view that anyone who enters this country, legally or illegally, and has a baby, that child is an American citizen, with all the rights and benefits of citizenship. The Democrat-Socialists ignore one very important clause contained in the language of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which is “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” Many legal scholars believe that the particular clause as restricting automatic citizenship through being born in the United States. There is not a shred of evidence that the intent of the Fourteenth Amendment was to allow the children of illegal aliens, those who broke our laws by entering our country illegally, citizenship.
Two professors, neither of whom is a conservative, have pointed out the very pertinent point that those aliens entering this country illegally have not given allegiance or loyalty to the United States of America, nor have they sworn to be obliged to follow the laws of our country. In fact, they got here by defying and breaking our laws.
The Democrat-Socialists in our country have repeatedly shown their disdain and disregard for the laws passed both locally, at the state level and nationally. They are in favor of replacing law enforcement officers with social workers, emptying out the prison population of rapists, murderers and other violent offenders – putting them back into society, and, in general, they do not feel anyone aside from those who oppose their political ideology should be punished for any reason. There is a reason why the Democrat-Socialists refuse to even speak the names of those who have suffered rape, assault or murder at the hands of someone who entered this country illegally. The reason they won’t acknowledge the suffering of real victims is that to do so would ruin their chosen narrative that all illegal aliens are good for this country. They save their sympathy for people like Alex Pretti and Renée Good, one of whom was carrying a loaded gun and interfering with law enforcement agents who were carrying out their duty by rounding up illegal aliens. They want to defund law enforcement; they favor defunding the police and ICE.
There should be no profit for the person committing an illegal act. The only way to enter this country is legally.
Has US NATO Membership Become A One-Way Relationship?
There is good reason to question whether continuing to be a member of NATO is in the best interests of the United States. There are several examples in history where countries allied with the US and members of NATO joined together to curb a would-be threat to the world. That was true in 1999 when allied countries joined the US in intervening to upset the ambitions of Slobodan Milosevic. And there have been times when the US has joined our allies in military endeavors, as was the case in Libya.
When they still taught history in high schools, most students know that it was the United States that tipped the scales in favor of the Allied nations against Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Turkish Empire. At the time, Europe was largely governed by a series of kings and emperors, all of whom had some kind of family tie to one another. With the end of World War I, democracies sprang up in place of monarchies. History also shows it was the United States that provided the balance of power in defeating the fascist ambitions of Hitler’s Nazi Germany by bringing to bear a combination of manpower and industrial capacity. It was the US who supplied the other allied powers, especially Great Britain, China and the Soviet Union with the absolute necessities of modern warfare: guns, tanks, airplanes, artillery and ammunition without which the war would have been lost to Nazi Germany.
The threat to life and liberty during World War II was very real, as were the atrocities that were appalling and unprecedented, not the least of which was the extermination of Jewish people. Americans had to make many very hard sacrifices to win the war and had to do without things so that American industry could be retooled to manufacture what was needed to win the war and supply our allies.
Americans have repeatedly sacrificed blood, treasure and our sons and daughters to aid our allies. America joined the war after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan. That meant America called all hands on deck and boots on the ground. Americans united as never before to beat back those who would enslave others and those who had attacked us.
No country in the world has been as generous to those whom we have defeated during wars. No other country has rebuilt the countries which were conquered as has the United States. Ever since 1945, we have pledged to defend Europe, and we have carried by far the lion’s share of the expenses in protecting Europe and our other allies. When our own allies will not extend the use of bases, refueling stations or allow us to fly over their airspace, the time has come to reconsider whether or not we wish to remain part of an alliance that has apparently become so one-sided. Treaties are supposed to be beneficial to all signatories. If Europe has largely surrendered to wokeism, then let them provide their own protection. Americans have also largely paid for the operation of the United Nations until President Trump forced our allies to pay a bigger share of the bill.
When our supposed allies turn their backs on us, we have no obligation to them any longer.
