Indiana Rep. Dan Burton, Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz, and Minnesota Rep. John Kline have cosponsored Rep. Nathan Deal's Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 (H.R.1868).

The Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under the bill, a person born in the United States gains citizenship if one of the person's parents is:

• a citizen or national of the United States;
• an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States whose residence is in the United States; or
• an alien performing active service in the armed forces.

The United States government currently recognizes any person born on American soil as a "natural born" citizen and ignores the Constitutional requirement that one must also be "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States in order to automatically gain citizenship. The U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled on whether or not children born to illegal-alien parents, or to parents visiting the United States with temporary visas, are entitled to birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship for illegal aliens not only rewards illegal immigration and adds to the population growth, it also acts as an "anchor" for illegal-alien family members to remain in the United States and eventually legalize their status.

Rep. Dan Burton is a long-time Congressman, earning a career grade of an A from NumbersUSA. Rep. Jason Chaffetz is serving his first term in the House and has already earned a grade of an A. Rep. John Kline is serving his fourth term in the House and has a recent grade of a B+.

The Birthright Citizenship Act of 2009 is one of five immigration reform bills endorsed by NumbersUSA during the 111th Congress. You can see a full list of the bills and its sponsors on our comparative chart located on the Proposed Bills page.

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Send The Illegals and Their Babies Back
written by Americana, July 01, 2009

Its about time Congress took up this bill. It is long overdue. It is absurd that just because a baby is born here, they are automatically a citizen, even if both parents are illegal. Also, once that baby is a citizen that entitles that illegal family to claim welfare benefits for that child. It should also be put to a bill that the costs for delivery of that baby should be paid for by the illegal, not American taxpayers. If an illegal gives birth in a US hospital, they should all be deported after giving birth. America cannot afford to pay the medical costs for illegals to drop their anchor babies here. And a child born to an illegal should NEVER be an American citizen.

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This will help illegals – their children are being stolen
written by Sam-I-am, July 03, 2009

As it stands right now, the state of Utah steels the children of illegal immigrants when they are departed.

In the article, Gone Baby Gone http://www.cityweekly.net/utah...-gone.html, Salt Lake City Weekly details the story of how Utah DCFS confiscated an illegal couples child because they were picked up on drug charges.

When the grandmother from Mexico tried to her adopt her grandchild, DCFS blocked her custody rights with the argument the child was a US citizen, and would be better off in the US. DCFS also was able to delay the grandmother's attempts well enough to claim filing deadlines were missed.

Does the bill clearly state people have every legal right to take their children with them when they are deported? I don't know, but I will have to check. The need to make sure state agencies like Utah's Department of Child and Family Services does not have the right to adopt out the child of an illegal aligned without that person's consent because that's what they are doing right now.

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