Posts Tagged Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Utah officials urge Obama administration not to sue over immigration laws – Yahoo! News
Posted by Donna Nanan's Immigration Blog in Legal Guides on April 27, 2011
Utah officials urge Obama administration not to sue over immigration laws – Yahoo! News.
Guest agricultural workers in Utah may be given a safety net from tougher state immigration laws that allow law enforcement officers to ask for prove of legal status by an accompanying law that allows illegal aliens to be guest workers.
US Constitution Under Attack
Posted by Donna Nanan's Immigration Blog in Legal Guides on January 7, 2011
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Not only has the US Congress thrown out the Dream Act but US lawmakers are even attacking the most fundamental of American legal basics and re-inventing the US Constitution to ensure that immigrants encounter as many obstacles as possible in obtaining legal residency in the US. The US Constitution gives persons born in the US the right to be citizens through the 14th Amendment. Those who would like persons born in the US of illegal immigrant parents to be denied citizenship are advocating a new interpretation of the US Constitution and pressing for the passage of state laws that will deny the children of undocumented aliens US citizenship. Today in Washington, DC, State legislators are expected to endorse state legislation which will deny US citizenship to the children of undocumented aliens. So here is an issue that immigration advocates are watching, and which could affect the citizenship status of many US born children.
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