[Peace-discuss] Ron Paul oppose even birthright citizenship for "illegal aliens"

[Matt Reichel]

Ron Paul: "No other wealthy, 
              western nations grant automatic citizenship to those who simply 
              happen to be born within their borders to non-citizens. These nations 
              recognize that citizenship involves more than the physical location 
              of one’s birth; it also involves some measure of cultural connection 
              and allegiance."



This is just simply wrong, and demonstrates his inexperience in the
field of international law. The idea that one attains citizenship by
being born in a nation's borders is called Jus Solis (right of the soil) in legal jargon. Generally, countries have taken this approach or what is called Jus Sanguinis (right of the blood). Obviously,
since the United States has always been a pluralistic nation with no
single conception of  ethnic identity (such as in Germany, Italy,
France etc . . ), Jus Solis was and is the only option. The concept is
rooted in common law, and as such, has always been the practice of her
majesty's empire, and continues to be the practice in the United
Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. France also operates with
a modified form of Jus Solis, and Germany, despite historically being a
Jus Sanguinis country, has switched to a modified form of Jus Solis.
All of these countries have considerable more state protections for
their working class populations than the United States (what Ron Paul
dismissively refers to as the "Welfare State").



Wonderful that Ron Paul is against the war, and has been more
principled in his legislative record than most Democrats on the issue
of war. He's still an imbecile like the rest of his party!!



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mer 



> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:01:57 -0800
> From: baldwinricky at yahoo.com
> To: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Ron Paul oppose even birthright citizenship for	"illegal aliens"
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> In his own words ...
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> http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul346.html
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