Birthright Citizenship In The United States: Article Summary
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Should the Birthright Citizenship policy stay or should it go in the United States? The article “Birthright Citizenship in the United States: A Global Comparison,” written by Jon Feere is mainly about how the policy should not continue to be in the United States. The article titled “Policy Arguments in Favor of Retaining America’s Birthright Citizenship Law” written by Margaret D. Stock is mainly about how the policy should continue to be in the United States. Both articles will be analyzed for strengths and weaknesses about the content. The articles are explaining which side they are on and why; their arguments could help readers figure out what side they are on. Feere’s article starts off by mentioning several children are born in the United States illegally. Then he goes into how people (legal scholars and jurists) are questioning should the fourteenth amendment be changed. He brings up how frequently…show more content… The Birthright Citizenship is kind of bad for the United States because of the size, if more people keep coming, there will not much room left. It is also bad from the people who abuses and try to twist what the policy is trying to say. Another problem is some people, such as scholars, want a better and clearer explanation of the Birthright Citizenship. On the positive side, it is nice for the immigrant children because they will gain several benefits. In Stock’s article, she starts off by giving an example of what John McCain and Barak Obama had to face because they were not citizens of the United States at birth. Both were being faced with lawsuits and some people wanted them to be disqualified. She goes into the cons of if the Birthright Citizenship were to be changed. She feels if the policy were to be changed, it would make problems become worse. If the policy were to be changed, the children born from illegal immigrants will have a harder time in the future proving they are a citizen of the United