Europe Doesn't Do Birthright Citizenship. Why Should we?
By Don Surber
Friday, November 02, 2018
If socialists in Europe understand that you have to be selective in who you give citizenship to, why are Americans so willing to let any pregnant woman come here and give birth to an "American"?
Atlantic magazine let the truth slip out in a fact-check of President Trump that backfired, "America Isn’t the ‘Only Country’ With Birthright Citizenship."
Atlantic reported, "France did away with birthright citizenship in 1993, following the passage of the Méhaignerie Law. The law limited citizenship to those born to a French parent, or to a parent also born in France. As a result, those born in France to foreign-born parents must wait until they turn 18 to automatically acquire French citizenship (a process that can begin when they turn 13, if they apply).
"Ireland was the last of the European Union countries to abolish birthright citizenship, in 2005. Through a referendum backed by nearly 80 percent of Irish voters, citizenship was limited to those born to at least one Irish parent.
"The decision was a response to a controversy surrounding birth tourism and the high-profile case of Man Levette Chen, a Chinese national who traveled to Northern Ireland so that her daughter would be born an Irish citizen. Chen sought residency rights in Britain, citing her child’s Irish and EU citizenship. Though the United Kingdom Home Office rejected Chen’s application, the decision was overturned by the European Court of Justice in 2004."
Ah, the European Court of Justice. It is the only kangaroo not native to Australia.
Speaking of which, Australia and New Zealand have abolished birthright citizenship. Most of the nations that still have this obsolete law are in Latin America.
"The practice has at times come under assault in Latin America, where rates of immigration are relatively low; birthright citizenship was retracted in 1978 under Argentina’s dictatorship, for example, only to be restored when democracy returned, in 1983. But it has proved more controversial in Canada and especially in the United States, which attract larger flows of immigrants and in recent decades have grappled with an influx of illegal immigration," Atlantic reported.
Once again, the media is too clever by half.
President Trump overstated his case. The media pounced -- and wound up restating his case.
Thank you.>
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