It's of course not simply those on the political left that defend birthright citizenship (jus soli) as integral to our immigration system, despite what the media suggests. These two articles present a politically conservative case for birthright citizenship. The first offers a detailed legal-constitutional analysis of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The second from The Federalist appeals more straightforwardly to the values and principles of constitutional conservatism as a basis for rejecting calls for ending birthright citizenship. As the author argues, "nothing is more 'conservative' than birthright citizenship." Indeed.
While this article is primarily about fact-checking Donald Trump's newly released policy proposal for immigration, I think it is more instructive as a reality-check for anyone interested in what the data actually say about immigration in this country.
This is a timely op-ed regarding the cynical proposals from some politicians to "secure the border" as a prerequisite to addressing comprehensive immigration reform. Sadly, the 'enforcement first' strategy has been the same plan touted for nearly three decades by some politicians that prefer more status quo over resolving the unauthorized immigrant problem. And as Cornelius notes, its this tacit support of the status quo that has in fact made the problem worse: walls also tend to keep people in too, remember?
This is a helpful resource to generate productive classroom discussion about immigration, diversity, and assimilation in America.
Want to know how Obama's oft-decried executive actions on immigration compare with his predecessors? Check out this list. Spoiler alert: they differ only in magnitude.
Immigration is changing, but not like you think. Two potential surprises to note: first, Asia has surpassed Latin America as the primary source of immigrants coming to the US. Second, the size of the undocumented immigrant population remains high, but the size of the illegally immigrating population has fallen to nearly zero.
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