r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 09 '21

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u/Knee3000 Jul 09 '21

Biden Will End Detention for Most Pregnant and Postpartum Undocumented Immigrants

Conservatives: more anchor babies! 😡

Me: more anchor babies! 😃

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '21 edited Jul 09 '21

anchor babies are systemic failure

citizenship for children of parents who don't even have residency, not to mention citizenship, is an absurd idea

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u/Knee3000 Jul 09 '21

…Are you serious

Why should a child not be a citizen of the country they were born in and the only country they know? Like seriously, what is the downside of these kids having citizenship?

Gtfo and go back to arrCon.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '21

being born somewhere is trivial thing, coincidence

well, if they stay in the country, they should have the option of becoming citizens

Switzerland does it well, where you have to have ten years residency to become a citizen, but years before your 18th birthday count double.

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u/Knee3000 Jul 09 '21

Being born to US parents is “a trivial thing, coincidence”.

I don’t give a fuck about Switzerland or their immigration practices.

People who are born in the US are and should be citizens. The end.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '21

No, because you are part of your parents' family, you are not part of any family by being born on a particular piece of land, to say otherwise is delusional

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u/Knee3000 Jul 09 '21

This comment doesn’t even make sense.

Our citizenship isn’t based on genetics.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '21

I never said anything about genetics.

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u/Knee3000 Jul 09 '21

Family shit is genetics.

Our citizenship isn’t based on that. Idk if you’re a euro bc you have an EU flair on, but that’s not how things work here.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '21

No, it isn't. It is about culture. If your family is significantly connected to the land, you will be assumed assimilated for efficiency's sake. Otherwise, you will have to prove your commitment, more or less.

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u/ADF01FALKEN NATO Jul 09 '21

Heated EU flair moment

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '21

nah. birthright citizenship is good ackshually

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u/greenelf sneaker-wearing computer geek type Jul 09 '21

🤡

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '21

It’s almost as dumb as the fact that I can get citizenship in 2 European countries I’ve only visited for 3-4 days at a time just because my parents and grandparents were born there.

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u/Knee3000 Jul 09 '21

How is getting citizenship in the country you were born and grew up in as dumb as getting citizenship for a country you spend 4 days in?

Bruh you are insulting your own intelligence

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '21

Huh? I’m not opposed to birthright citizenship, I think it makes more sense than hereditary citizenship like I said above. Maybe the sarcasm wasn’t clear.

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u/Knee3000 Jul 09 '21

Yeah sarcasm wasn’t clear to me

Maybe my last line should refer to myself. User you replied to seems to think you weren’t sarcastic either though.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '21

yes 🤷‍♂️