| The proposals around currently residing Illegal | | | | and then had a child in the US (often derogatorily called |
| Immigrants in the Immigration Reform Bill of Republican | | | | an Anchor baby by Immigration opponents who |
| Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina and | | | | accuse illegal immigrants of only having a child to help |
| Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New York is | | | | legalize their own status) who is now in school. So as |
| sure to dominate the airwaves and Cable News | | | | per the US Constitution, any person born in the US is |
| scene.This is always a contentious issue but is a public | | | | automatically a US citizen. |
| debate often filled with lies and myths. | | | | Therefore in this case unless it makes sense financially, |
| The last amnesty for illegal immigrants in the US was | | | | etc. a less educated illegal immigrant may not see any |
| by Ronald Reagan's administration in 1986 so is | | | | benefit in doing anything to make their own status legal |
| certainly an option thought of and acted on both sides | | | | as it would only cause them further hardship as their |
| of the political spectrum. The idea in this proposal is | | | | child already is protected as a citizen. |
| that illegal immigrants have to admit their illegality, pay | | | | Of course opponents believe that illegal immigrants |
| fines, do community service and any back taxes | | | | should never be rewarded for their bad actions and |
| owed, learn English and then go to the back of the | | | | even some legal immigrants who had to wait many |
| current immigration queue for residency in the US. | | | | years and pay large financial and other costs to come |
| The reality of making this work is where this often | | | | to the US legally oppose others coming into the same |
| becomes problematic as if a couple came here illegally | | | | queue as them. |