A couple of House Republicans have at long last taken the bull by the horns and gone after the anchor babies. Their bill's not going to go anywhere, but it's a good effort. Naturally, Democratics are claiming that it illustrates Republican "nativisim" and how they hate immigrants.
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) and Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) have both introduced bills this year to end birthright citizenship, but neither has gone for a vote.
Even if those bills never get a vote -- and they likely won't -- the fact that the issue got a hearing at all provided fuel for Democrats, who were fiery in their defense of the right for babies born on U.S. soil to be citizens.
"This birthright citizenship legislation and a decision to hold a hearing on its merits are outrageous examples of just how far shameless Republicans are willing to go to demonstrate their hatred for immigrants," Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said at a press conference, accusing Republicans of using the bill to stigmatize and sow hate for immigrants.
Of course, Maxine isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, but she has the whole hate-speech thing down pat. Like her fellow Democratic, she likely fears that if the island of Guam gets too many people on it, it'll tip into the sea.
Sorry, idiots. The 14th Amendment was never intended to apply to illegal aliens nor to spawn a birth tourism industry. And it's long past time that we started clarifying that little issue.
