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Immigration PolicyLaw and JurisdictionState vs Federal Authority Arizona's law makes what is already a federal offense - being in the country illegally - a state offense. Some critics seem not to understand Arizona's right to assert concurrent jurisdiction.
Citizenship and RightsHistorical PerspectiveImmigration PolicyLaw and LegislationLegal Principles If those who wrote and ratified the 14th Amendment had imagined laws restricting immigration - and had anticipated huge waves of illegal immigration - is it reasonable to presume they would have wanted to provide the reward of citizenship to the children of the violators of those laws? Surely not.
CitizenshipImmigration PolicyLegal RightsNationalityStatelessness You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don't consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen.
Border SecurityDevelopment DisparitiesGovernment PolicyImmigration PolicyNational Security America is the only developed nation that has a 2,000-mile border with a developing nation, and the government's refusal to control that border is why there are an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona and why the nation, sensibly insisting on first things first, resists 'comprehensive' immigration reform.