I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American and failed

Re:I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American an... by ryandrake on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @11:00AM (#9765039)

US immigration rules would be much saner if people born here had to jump through the same hoops, wait in the same lines, fill out the same forms, and go through the same process for citizenship, as people not born here.

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Re:I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American an... by jmorphy88 on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @11:02AM (#9765057)

In fact, it's downright oppressive that the government of the United States treats its own citizens differently than citizens of foreign countries.

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Re:I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American an... by ryandrake on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @01:26PM (#9766169)

You're missing the point. Birthright citizens have nothing but "geographic location of birth" to qualify them as citizens of their country. They literally (in the real meaning of 'literally') did nothing to become citizens. Their children will also likely have to do nothing to become citizens, as long as they're born within the same borders. What motivation do people who expended zero effort to become citizens currently have to help or vote to make immigration rules more sane?

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Re:I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American an... by babatong on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @02:24PM (#9766616)

Just fyi: most countries do not operate a jus soli-based citizenship system. Probably because of the reasons you outline.

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Re:I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American an... by tormeh on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @11:57AM (#9765497)

The government is supposed to represent its citizens, so, uh, no.

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Re:I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American an... by mason240 on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @11:45AM (#9765414)

This is sarcasm, right?

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Re:I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American an... by proveanegative on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @11:11AM (#9765127)

If it didn't what would the meaning of citizenship be?

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Re:I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American an... by JoshTriplett on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @11:22AM (#9765215)

I suspect the post you replied to was sarcasm.

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Re:I spent the last 15 years trying to become an American an... by proveanegative on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @04:08PM (#9767414)

Indeed. Sarcasm is still as hard as ever to detect in the web.

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