SB 1465, sponsored by State Sen. Ron Gould, would prohibit state authorities from recognizing consular identification cards issued by foreign governments as a valid form of ID. According to the Mexican embassy, some 4 million Mexicans in the United States carry the matricula cards, which are recognized by 265 countries. In Arizona, an estimated half a million individuals have been issued the card.
here is little chance that the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will be repealed – but that’s not the point, according to law experts and advocates of immigrant communities. The objective of conservatives who are pushing to deny birthright citizenship – an issue that resurfaced in this week’s Republican presidential debate – may simply be to change the conversation, to move the “goal post” on the immigration debate. And even though they will likely not be successful in changing the Constitution any time soon, the effect of the debate itself has already led to a climate of fear among immigrant communities and – in particular – women and children.
New America Media, Commentary, Ian Haney-López , Let the campaign against “anchor babies†begin! I, for one, want to embrace this latest disparaging term. Next up from Arizona in the campaign to demonize undocumented immigrants: an effort to restrict “birthright citizenship.†Under U.S. constitutional law, children born here are citizens here, irrespective of their parents’ [...]
New America Media, News Report, Valeria Fernández and Elena Shore, Conservative religious leaders warned  that the move to repeal birthright citizenship goes against the values of America, the Republican Party and the teachings of Jesus Christ. Dr. Galen Cary, director of government affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), noted that his organization has [...]
New America Media, News Report, Valeria Fernandez, PHOENIX – A group of state legislators in at least 15 states wants to deny birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants. Their strategy is to pass state legislation that they know will be challenged in federal court, in the hopes that eventually the U.S. Supreme Court [...]
New America Media, Question & Answer, Sandip Roy, EDITOR’S NOTE: Several GOP lawmakers who took a hardline position on immigration after SB 1070 passed in Arizona are using the party’s electoral success to push for ending “birthright citizenship†in the next Congress. But a new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP) says that [...]
New America Media, News Report, Deirdre Ruscitti: The debate over illegal immigration has moved to a new territory: the U.S. Constitution. Under the 14th Amendment, U.S. citizenship is granted automatically to nearly everyone born in the United States, including the children of undocumented immigrants. (There are a few exceptions, such as the children of foreign [...]
