Janise Miescke Govt 2305 7/27/2017 What’s It Mean Anyways The Fourteenth Amendment has been under debate for what it was supposed to be interpreted as when it was written, and whether or not the current interpretation was to loose or not. Many factors come in play when deciding what America should do about, not only the immigration epidemic, but more specifically the birthright citizen. It may be time for America to tighten the reins of its free-for-all citizenship when born here, because with new technologies it’s not only being abused by immigrants but by criminals as well. Since the beginning of America and the ground it was built on America has been a hotspot for immigration. Since the first stipulations on immigration were put in place; …show more content…
The most obvious reason is when illegal immigrants come over and give birth to their now American child it does not make them a citizen. This fact starts a roar of issues between conservatives, liberals, humanitarians, and is morally more restrictive for the parents to be deported. When the parents are deported that leaves the child in child protection services jumping from one foster home to another; while their hoping for their parents to come back to the United states, or to be adopted. This is all while costing tax dollars because their parents came over illegally and gave birth with most of them fully expecting for that to happen. Another reason is because the surrounding countries such as Canada and Mexico have much more restrictive laws on citizenship making the United states an even bigger target for birthing tourism. These two reason alone are the vocal point begging for the 14th amendment to be reinterpreted. The 14th amendment is worded to where it would be easy to reinterpret as one senator interprets it “ Sen. 7 Lyman Trumbull of Illinois was, Graglia writes, one of two "principal authors of the citizenship clauses in 1866 act and the 14th Amendment." 8 He said that "subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" 7 meant subject to its "complete" 8 jurisdiction, meaning "not owing allegiance to anybody else." (will) If the 14th amendment were to be reinterpreted it could easily become a law that one parent must be a citizen making it to where one parent isn’t “owing allegiance to anybody else.” There will always be a debate on whether one law or another is giving Justice to America. However, it’s getting to the point where the United states needs to make a change in the immigration department. We owe it to Americans to give loyalty to tax payers and citizens. Right now America is essentially encouraging immigrants to evade taxes, as well as, the companies they are
The 14th Amendment passed by Congress and the amendment that we created in class show similar and different sections and information. The 14th amendment passed by Congress and our class express pros and cons that affect the United States heavily. The class amendment has a chance of being ratified if some articles/sections are changed. The South would be deeply affected if the amendment was to be passed. Clearly the 14th amendment passed by Congress and by the class would affect the South deeply and heavily.
IV. Addressing the opposition A. Argument 1 The Plaintiff has argued that this regulation is in best interest for the public and provides security for the society as a whole. They want the regulation to be considered Constitutional because it was voted on by the majority and therefore, it is in the best interest of the community and should therefore be enacted. This argument does not speak to the constitutional issue of the case. The Supreme Court’s main objective is to protect individuals and minorities from oppressive government.
There are always certain issues they may arise when going over the Constitution of the United States, we can find matters that can be outdated, or times have changed a bit as years go by. The 14th Amendment was not initially about education but it did have quite an impact when the Supreme Court addressed the “Brown v. Board of Education” (1954) case declaring school segregation is illegal. The 14th Amendment makes it clear it prevents,” any persons within its jurisdiction of the equal protection of the laws.” That all American citizen must be treated equally by law which we had become aware of but with Plyer v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982)
The ERA Must Be In Our Constitution “Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was born,” (Lee 92-93). In this quote from To Kill A Mockingbird, Aunt Alexandra is telling Scout that she must grow up and act like a proper lady. She believes that girls are supposed to play with tea sets and jewelry and not wear overalls, and she believes that women are supposed to be sophisticated and proper, and not do things men do. The ideas have been ingrained in her because it is the built-in misogyny that many people were raised around. It was always believed that women did not deserve the rights that men do and that they did not deserve to work or make
This departs greatly from the history of systematic exclusion of certain classes of people from dipping into the same font of rights. As the fourteenth amendment provides, “no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Well-established precedent demands that state statutes must follow several key guidelines. First, it “must not only bear alike upon all the individuals of [one] class.” Second, it “must bear some reasonable relation to the legislation.”
Every problem seems to have a ‘good enough’ solution but the 14th Amendment to the Unites States Constitution was definitely a game changer. The 14th Amendment states that anyone, born or naturalized in the United States is, by law, a U.S. citizen. It is stated that neither the nation, nor any state, can pass any law that violates anyone’s rights as a full American citizen, regardless of race, gender or any other circumstances. The Amendment also states that every citizen of the United States is to receive equal protection and treatment under the law.
Some people may think that the 14th amendment does a poor job of protecting people’s rights. In document five it explains how on September 11, 2001,with the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, it has caused video surveillance in the United States to increase. For example the U.S has programs that use facial recognition that help match photographs of criminals faces to the criminal. Another program that we use helps prevent suicide bombers from attacking. Some people may think that prevention of terrible events reoccuring or occurring is a good thing, but using security systems everywhere may be a violation of their rights and privacy.
I profoundly agree with Chavez as she talks about, “Repealing the birthright citizenship is a terrible idea” (596). If we as Americans take the joy and pride of people that come to this land for freedom and a new life, what make us any better than Great Britain when we first started to build this country. We settle here for a change of mind and also a change of heart. By that being the case, us trying to take away the birthright citizenship to those who wasn’t born on this soil is absolutely wrong.
Laws like these make me think of how selfish Adams really was and the focus that he had on keeping his presidency. I believe is very irrational that a resident of any country should have live in the same for more than 14 years to be eligible to become a citizen. After reading about this laws, I have a different understanding of how things used to rule back in those days under the control of Adams and have come to the realization that the government that we have today and the laws are better compared to the ones enforced by Adams during his presidency. Today’s laws are far more rational and acceptable compared to the ones in this time period.
This amendment is relevant because everyone has always had certain rights and there is always something out there that can violate someone’s rights. In connection, my compelling question for historian hour is, “How will the 14th amendment change in the future?”. This connects to my amendment because it will always be relevant, just in different ways. In the past it may be relevant to voting rights or slavery but now, it may be relevant to who you are allowed to marry etc. The court cases that the 14th amendment are applied to that I will be explaining are, University of California vs. Bakke that has to do with race, Bush vs. Gore that has to do with voting and recounting votes and lastly, Obergefell vs. Hodges having to do with same-sex marriage.
The Due process in the 14th amendment is the same as the due process in the fifth but it regards the states. “It acts as a safeguard from arbitrary denial of life, liberty, or property by the Government outside the sanction of law” (). The due process clause has been upheld and seen in many Supreme Court cases. The most influential and infamous was Roe v. Wade which said the right of privacy under the due process clause of the14th Amendment extended to a woman 's decision to have an abortion. Due
The 13th Amendment allowed the African Americans to be released from the institutionalized oppression of slavery, at the same time allowing them to achieve political and civil rights. It did not protect them from the violence that they will experience on a physical and physiological level, the newly freed African Americans that were victimized by different factors such as political regulations. Many African Americans attempted to exercise their newly acquired rights, but as a result, white southerners saw this as problematic and resorted to taking violent actions. Violence became one of the primary acts which caused the African American community’s rights to become void and it puts their black lives and black livelihood at stake.
Possibly Reason #3 and Evidence The last reason stated is that Children have hope for a better life and future ahead. Surprisingly, 5.3 million of these children are living with unauthorized parents. And these children usually get a high school or college degree, but can’t get a job because of the scare of being deported. “ More than half the undocumented immigrant population has a high school diploma or higher.”
The United States of America, being a country founded by immigrants, is known all over the world as the land of great opportunities. People from all walks of life travelled across the globe, taking a chance to find a better life for them and their family. Over the years, the population of immigrants has grown immensely, resulting in the currently controversial issue of illegal immigration. Illegal immigrants are the people who have overstayed the time granted on their US, visa or those who have broken the federal law by crossing the border illegally. Matt O’Brien stated in his article “The government thinks that 10.8 million illegal immigrants lived in the country in January 2009, down from a peak of nearly 12 million in 2007.”(Para, 2) While some argue that illegal immigrants burden the United States of America and its economy, others believe that they have become essential and are an important part of the US, economy.
The United States was established by European immigrants over 300 years ago when they first came to the New World. Most citizens are in the US because their ancestors migrated to the US many years ago. Only 2 percent of Americans are part Native American, meaning that they were here before the Pilgrims came. Immigrants are what make our country diverse and so successful, bringing in a variety of different cultures. Our country has a long history of immigration of which is an important piece of our diverse backgrounds.