Reasons To Abolish Birthright Citizenship

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Those who are more liberal, are voting for modifying or abolishing this law, mainly because it is as Trump said, a “magnet for immigration”. Many republicans believe that expectant mothers are illegally traveling into the United States to deliver their baby in hopes of a better future. One out of every twelve newborns, or about 340,000 babies per year, are children of illegal immigrants (http://www.pewhispanic.org/, August 11, 2010). Another motive to abolish birthright citizenship is because in the amount of money it would save taxpayers and the benefits that would come with that.. First, there would be a decreased amount of health care costs that would be absorbed, and second, social programs would have more money in their budget to use