Who Deserves to Be a U.S. Citizen? • Wisconsin Examiner

Who deserves to be a U.S. citizen? • Wisconsin Examiner

A child celebrates Independence Day | Getty Images CreativeYour citizenship, like mine, is an accident of birth.  You were born here. So was I. The rub is I was born to immigrants who were not yet legal residents. That makes me a birthright citizen under the 14th Amendment. That also allegedly makes me an “anchor baby.” I’m referring to the assertion that immigrants have come to the U.S. and have  babies only so they can gain  legal residency la…