Political Debate in 2011: Birthright

Apologies for the silence this last week, I've been reading up on "immigration in the news" not too much has happened yet. Lots of transition of governors etc, so little action in terms of life-changing immigration policy at the moment.

State Senators of 14 states have been working and have presented their intention of changing the 14th Amendment. That's a link for those of you who want to read up on the Amendment, basically it states that any child born in the U.S. is automatically a U.S. citizen. In an attempt to control undocumented immigrants from coming to the U.S. and having their children and then using their children as their reason for attaining residency, anti-immigration politicians want to change this. How? They would require that at least one parent is at least a U.S. resident in order for the child to get U.S. citizenship, if not then the child of two undocumented parents would be given a different birth certificate. Here's the article. AZ State Senator Russell Pierce told the Washington Post that "[the 14th] amendment belongs to the African Americans of this country. It’s their amendment.” So if that's the case wouldn't that mean there are actually a lot more undocumented immigrants in this country? All the Germans, Italians, Irish, Chinese, Japanese and so on that came to the U.S. I'm not trying to attack any one group here, I'm just pointing out how . . . how should I put this lightly? Stupid Pierce's statement is? He clearly hasn't thought his plan out. In that same statement he says, "[The sponsors] specifically said it didn’t apply to foreigners or aliens." What aliens is he talking about?! No one, or at least that we know of yet, was born in outer space, if anyone in politics is reading this, please make sure your colleagues know their geography.

This is going to be an interesting year, I hope all of you are looking forward to it as much as I am.

Golden Ticket (notification of my interview date) hasn't arrived yet. I finished reading Love in Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez, Blue Coyote by Christopher Moore, and am reading The Abs Diet by Zinckenzko. No I'm not going on a diet, just putting together everything I've learned about nutrition and health to improve my own heatlh and fitness. I'm doing everything to keep my mind off the frustration of waiting for the Golden Ticket.

Thanks for keeping up.

MUCH LOVE!!!