Speech #1140013533

This is an actual cartoon ad enticing birth mothers in China to go to the United States. to come back with their baby having been born in the United States. and the baby wrapped in the American flag means automatic U.S. citizen. That of course triggers all sorts of significant benefits and opportunities for the immediate family of that baby to in the future come to the United States and become citizens. This birthright citizenship has clearly mushroomed into a significant problem and a significant form of abuse of our immigration system. According to the Center for Immigration Studies. every year about 300.000 to 400.000 children are born to illegal aliens in the United States. and under this practiceand I underscore "practice"-of birthright citizenshipand I will come back to that word because it is not mandated by the Constitutionthey automatically are recognized as U.S. citizens simply and purely because of the physical location of their physical birth. I said "practice" for a reason. It is not mandated by the Constitution as opposed to what we hear on a regular basis.