As America celebrates the 250th anniversary of our casting off the British Crown, five Supreme Court justices looked past the Revolution and invoked medieval English feudalism to declare that the Constitution guarantees automatic citizenship to the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens. As Justice Alito notes in his dissent:
@CaryCheshireTX@irishgalartist1 Good idea! The States can refuse to issue birth certificates to kids born on American soil to illegal immigrants or immigrants who haven’t become US citizens. States should not feed, house, educate or give free medical care to illegal immigrants.
Now that the Supreme Court has given its blessing to birth tourism, it's probably worth revisiting this story from 2019.
A Chinese national named Dongyuan Li ran a company called You Win USA Vacation Services that helped pregnant Chinese women travel to the U.S. to give birth so their children would get citizenship. She advertised having served more than 500 customers, charged each between $40,000 and $80,000, used 20 apartments in Irvine to house the mothers, and took in $3 million in wire transfers from China in two years.
Customers were coached to lie on their visa applications and at the U.S. consulate interview in China, claiming they'd stay only two weeks when they actually planned to stay up to three months to give birth. They were told to come early in pregnancy and were coached on how to conceal their pregnancies from customs.
You Win's marketing pitch was that giving birth in the U.S. meant "13 years of free education," "less pollution," "an easier way for the whole family to immigrate to the United States," and "priority for jobs in U.S. government, public companies, and large corporations."
What could possibly go wrong by constitutionalizing the incentive driving these schemes?
🚨 Justice Alito NAILED IT in his birthright citizenship dissent:
“This is one of the most important decisions in the history of the Court, and in my judgment, the Court has made a serious mistake.”
The 14th Amendment clearly states "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
As Justice Thomas wrote: "Children born to temporary visitors owed allegiance to another government—the country of their domicile—so they were not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States."
The logical manifestation of the majority upholding birthright citizenship is that BILLIONS of foreigners -- including from HOSTILE NATIONS -- have instant access to U.S. citizenship for their children.
All they must do is set foot on American soil and give birth to a child. No need to stay.
This makes precious little sense, and Justice Thomas is correct: "I am not sure that today’s opinion will stand the test of time. The Citizenship Clause 'added greatly to the dignity and glory of American citizenship.' Today’s opinion devalues that citizenship."
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