Jus soli translated from latin to “right of the soil” means, as defined by the fourteenth amendment, the right for anyone who is born within the territory of a state to citizenship. Our entire nation was founded as a nation of immigrants. Who are we to deny citizenship to others trying to move to the United States to better the lives of themselves and their children when we ourselves did the same thing less than two hundred and fifty years ago. David Baluarte a law professor at Washington and Lee University and the director of the immigrant rights clinic believes that repealing birthright citizenship can only negatively affect us as he states in his interview in the article “This Is What Would Happen If We Repealed Birthright Citizenship” by Bryan Schatz. Baluarte describes statelessness and what it would mean for the thousands of soon to be displaced people if birthright citizenship is repealed and removed as an amendment from our constitution. “Statelessness (means)...they lack citizenship in the country they were born, and they have nowhere to go where they can receive legal status. Stateless
Jus soli translated from latin to “right of the soil” means, as defined by the fourteenth amendment, the right for anyone who is born within the territory of a state to citizenship. Our entire nation was founded as a nation of immigrants. Who are we to deny citizenship to others trying to move to the United States to better the lives of themselves and their children when we ourselves did the same thing less than two hundred and fifty years ago. David Baluarte a law professor at Washington and Lee University and the director of the immigrant rights clinic believes that repealing birthright citizenship can only negatively affect us as he states in his interview in the article “This Is What Would Happen If We Repealed Birthright Citizenship” by Bryan Schatz. Baluarte describes statelessness and what it would mean for the thousands of soon to be displaced people if birthright citizenship is repealed and removed as an amendment from our constitution. “Statelessness (means)...they lack citizenship in the country they were born, and they have nowhere to go where they can receive legal status. Stateless