Voice For Voters

By Elois Zeanah

Consider this scenario:   

Put yourself in the shoes of a Mexican citizen still living in Mexico.  One day you get a phone call from friends and family in the U.S.  They’re having a party and invite you to join them in the U.S.  They tell you that you can make more in one hour than you can make in one day in Mexico.   

Then amidst all the party clatter at the other end of the phone, your callers drop the piñata of all surprises.  They tell you that not only can you make more in an hour than in a day in Mexico – but that the U.S. will pay you richly to come to the U.S. as an illegal alien and have a baby. 

At this point, you don’t know whether the loud party at the other end of the phone is out of control and your friends are weaving fantasy, or to put on your running shoes and become the latest illegal alien. 

Still holding the phone, you ask in disbelief, “The U.S. does what?” 

“Yes,” the answer comes back, “it’s true.  The U.S. makes it easy to cross the border, easy to find jobs, and the U.S. pays us to have babies.” 

Your friends at the other end of the phone drop another surprise:  When your anchor baby turns 18, you become a U.S. citizen – unless you get amnesty first!  If you were that Mexican, what would you do?  Is birthright citizenship not an irresistible magnet?

If I’ve gotten your attention, please (1) read the articles on this website and learn about the problem of birthright citizenship which is one of the most urgent issues of illegal immigration that needs to be addressed, and (2) check the website below to see if your U.S. Representatives have co-sponsored this legislation.  If not, please call his/her office and request that he/she do so.          Check http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1868 to read H.R. 1868, who the sponsor and co-sponsors are, and what the status is.       

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