08 LC 29
3360S
The
House Committee on Judiciary offers the following substitute to HR
127:
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the United States Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that provides that persons
born in this country become citizens at birth only if one or more of the
child´s parents are United States citizens or legal residents of the United
States; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
as an immigrant society, the United States should welcome and embrace legal
immigrants and provide full citizenship to children of legal residents of the
United States; and
WHEREAS,
the United States is facing a crisis of illegal immigration into this country;
and
WHEREAS,
it is estimated that there are between 12 million to 30 million persons living
in the United States illegally; and
WHEREAS,
under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, a
person born in this country becomes a citizen of this country based solely upon
the fact of the person´s birth within the United States; and
WHEREAS,
allowing children born in this country to become citizens solely by virtue of
their birth in this country, when neither of the child´s parents is a
citizen or legal resident of the United States, is not in the best interests of
this nation; and
WHEREAS,
Congress should act quickly to propose and submit to the states for ratification
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that provides that a
person born in this country becomes a citizen at birth only if one or more of
the child´s parents are United States citizens or legal residents of the
United States at the time of the child´s birth, before the problem becomes
more dire than it already is.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body urge the United States Congress to propose and submit to the states
for ratification an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that
provides that a person born in this country becomes a citizen at birth only if
one or more of the child´s parents are United States citizens or legal
residents of the United States.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Vice
President Richard Cheney, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Nancy Pelosi, and each member of the Georgia congressional delegation.