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Unauthorized population would soar if birthright citizenship repealed.
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/09/08/unauthorized.population.would.soar.if.birthright.citizenship.repealed
Summary:
If the US took away the citizenship for US born children of unathorized immigrant
s the population would increase at minimum of 5 million over the next 10 years. Even if we completley stoped illegal immigration these numbers would still add up. When the passage of House-introduced Birthright Citizenship Act ( the deny of citizenship to children who were born from unauthorized immagrants), was over looked it showed that it would increase from 10.8 million to 16 million by 2050. It was also found that in 2050 the share of US children that are unautherized would double from .02 (now) to .04 (2050). Other cases would be denying citizenship to a child who has 1 unautherized parent. By the third generation, 6.3 million US born people would be unauthorized even with two of there parents being authorized because of the birthright citizenship act. "What is less commonly understood in the current debate is that repeal of birthright citizenship would set in motion the creation of a self-perpetuating class of unauthorized immigrants," said reports coauthor, Michael Fix.
Opinion / Reflection:
I really had no idea about how much the birth rate of immagrents could expand. It Suprised me to see how many unauthrized US born people there could be in 2050. What i never really thought about and looked at in the long run was how by the third generation a child could have two US born parents but still be unauthorized.
Questions: (3-5)
1 - What is the act called that is denying citizenship to illegal immigrant children who are born in the US?
2 - By how much will the percent of unauthorized children be in 2050?
3 - What was the other case in which children still are unautherized?
4 - By the next decade how much will the nation expand by in unauthorized people at least?
