No automatic citizenship for kids born in U.S. to illegal immigrants article

Wrong. The issue of benefits for illegal aliens is a very hot topic in California. Also in most border states - Arizona, Texas etc. Talk radio (not just Lou Dobbs) is full of this very discussion whether it makes sense for the state to fund education and health benefits of kids born to illegal aliens. This issue is more touchy because in most cases, their parents contribute nothing in terms of taxes. And perhaps most importantly, because these days (due to recession) state's coffers are not over-flowing like old days, and people are looking for ways to cut spending. So this thing is under a severe microscope here.


About the only argument I have read here is women traveling late in their pregnancy to get their kids a US passport. Unhealthy as it may seem, this is a choice people make, and while we may pooh-pooh their choices, I don't see this as a huge issue worth debating. Worst case, automatic citizenship can be denied to those parents who are purely on visit status (B1/B2 etc).