That's what I mean. I'm shocked and offended that most countries don't believe you belong to the country you were born in.Worffan101 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 05, 2018 4:44 pmdude, I'm pretty sure that MOST countries don't have birthright citizenship these days.Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: ↑Sun Nov 04, 2018 9:52 pm Birthright citizenship is such a fundamental human rights issue I'm still shocked and sickened by the xenophobia of nations that don't have it.
If you are born somewhere, you should count as a legal citizen of that place. No amount of elaborate hypotheticals revolving around pregnant tourists overrides that basic imperative.
Unfortunately, it's still a pretty radical idea, even though it objectively made America great.
I know that our president doesn't have the legal authority to revoke an amendment with an executive order, but that he would even TRY is a reminder of just how terrifying this shit is.