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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by philipwhiuk on Monday February 03, 2025 @05:17PM (#42924061)
> That's unclear to me. The idea that someone can just cheat the naturalization process by smuggling their pregnant selves onto our soil long enough to give birth is absurd.

But that's not true. Only their offspring gains US citizenship, not them.

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by readthenotes1 on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:40AM (#42928480)
And then the parents gain Permanent Residency because of the children. Birthright tourism is an actual business...
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by azernik on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:34AM (#42930242)
If you want to get rid of the Permanent Resident status for parents of citizens, go ahead; perfectly constitutional.

But I suspect that isn't the limit anti-14th-amendment people's ambitions.

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