Arizona: Then They Came After (the U.S. Citizen) Children

Adam Klawonn reports in TIME that “Arizona Republicans will likely introduce legislation this fall that would deny birth certificates to children born in Arizona — and thus American citizens according to the U.S. Constitution — to parents who are not legal U.S. citizens. The law largely is the brainchild of state Sen. Russell Pearce, a Republican whose suburban district, Mesa, is considered the conservative bastion of the Phoenix political scene. He is a leading architect of the Arizona law that sparked outrage throughout the country: Senate Bill 1070 . . . .”

As consistently interpreted by the courts, the Fourteenth Amendment bestows U.S. citizenship upon virtually all persons born on U.S. soil, whatever the immigration status of their parents.  By attacking U.S. citizens (many of whom just happen to be of Mexican ancestry), this Arizona proposal — aimed at so-called “anchor babies” — would amount to one of the most extreme anti-immigration measures in the last century.

What is going on in Arizona?  Have you no shame?

KJ