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Old 03-14-2007, 02:21 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Mike P View Post
The "ANCHOR BABY" law happens to be the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. Which states that all persons born in the US are citizens of the US. Originally intended to grant citizenship to slaves, but it had no sunset clause in it, and it remains the law.
And I'm not sure if we'd even want to as it's part of our heritage and perhaps a critical component to a true integrated society.

I'm not sure of how this happens across the entire EU, but I believe in Germany you could have multiple generations all born on German soil and none would be citizens.

Sounds like a good recipe for ethnic ghettos.

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