And yet I have been told that "anchor babies", the idea that children of illegals help those illegals stay in the US was right wing propaganda. I guess it was not.
And of course the children could go back to Mexico (or Guatemala etc.) with the deported parents. Why not?
That said, I disagree with the whole idea of birthright citizenship for babies of illegals. I think that interpretation of the 14th amendment is faulty and should be changed.
So "dry feet" policy for everybody? Once they enter the US they should automatically be amnestied?
We need to make being illegal more difficult, not easier. Giving them automatic and immediate amnesty is only going to encourage more illegals to come.
What is needed is to discourage them. No driver's licenses. No in-state tuition (in fact illegals should not be allowed to attend state schools at all!) No loans for illegals like California is doing. No ability to work by expanding the e-Verify system. Stiff penalties for knowingly hiring illegals. Etc. That would discourage illegals to come and also cause some of the illegals already here to self-deport.
The solution is to make illegal entry harder. The Wall is not a bad idea but this should also be followed through by closing down the tunnels that will most likely sprout through underneath the wall structures.
Whether this is right wing propaganda or not, having a baby while in the USA is a good way to play the system. Many countries don't give a right of citizenship if you are born there, such as most Arab countries and China. Both have very strict policies on migrants as a whole.
I do believe that amnesties or rumors of will discourage some illegals. I'm sure however that with no driver's licences allowed a few will be buying renewed ones where the original owner is deceased. I think many would survive without these. The Jews for instance often faced isolation but it didn't stop them from getting an education (Jewish Schools) or banking and doing what others do. Keeping control of the borders is the best solution.
