Dear Editor,
With the coming presidential elections there are many questions needing to be answered in regards to the many republican candidates. The first problem I have with most the candidates is their pathway for illegals to gain citizenship, including people who have overstayed their visas. Many of the candidates have said "you can't deport millions of people," yet five laws would cause them to self deport just like they self imported.
1). E-Verify, a database for citizens and legal immigrates.
2). No taxpayer money for any social entitlements.
3). Employers must verify citizenship or legal status. As for children of illegal immigrates born in the U.S. parents may stay but must abide by the five laws, meaning the children must be able to support them because
4). There is no pathway to citizenship for any illegal entry immigrates.
5). Only a child of at least one American parent, at the time of birth, born on U.S. soil shall be automatically deemed a U.S. citizen. Any candidate who says it can't be done is only saying they won't do it. The fifth law would require a constitutional change which needs to be addressed because nowhere in our Constitution is the term "natural born citizen" defined.
The term "natural born citizen" creates. If a child is born overseas of both American parents is the child automatically a American citizen? I say yes. How about with only one parent being a American citizen? I, again, say yes. How about a child born on a overseas military base which I believe is seen as American soil but neither parent is American? No, if the fifth law existed in our Constitution, possibly yes if not, again it becomes debatable. Now under which of these scenarios is someone allowed to be our country's President, Vice President or Speaker of the House of Representatives which is third in line to our presidency?
The reason this topic is relevant to republican party voters is Ted Cruz, who was born in CalgaryAlbertaCanada to a American mother and a Cuban father who gained his citizenship in 2005. This presidential candidate, born on foreign soil to an American citizen. Ted renounced his Canadian citizenship recently, and I support many of his views, but he supported a pathway to citizenship for illegals which is a no go for me. If he is the republican nominee for president, expect his citizenship requirements to be questioned all the way to the Supreme Court by the liberal left democrats. This would then put the coming presidential election in the hands of what I see as a liberal Supreme Court. So their decision might just about seal the presidency for Hillary Clinton. Is that what the republican party is willing to chance on what may very well be a ineligible candidate?
Steven King
Milton
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Pathways for illegals to gain citizenship a problem with republican candidates