Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) fielded questions during a Town Hall meeting in North Alabama on Saturday and showed his support for a birthright citizenship law. Currently, the United States grants automatic citizenship to all children born in the country.
“There has been some movement or talk about changing that,” Sen. Shelby said. “That ought to be changed because there’s so much abuse. I’d support a change on that.
A bill offered by Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) would require that at least one parent be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident in order for the new born to receive automatic citizenship. The current law has been abused by illegal aliens who give birth in the United States and are then able to access welfare services since the baby is a U.S. citizen. There is currently no bill offered in the U.S. Senate addressing birthright citizenship.
“Our immigration policy is a mess. It’s broken. I don’t think we should ever give amnesty to people who broke the law to get here,” Sen. Shelby said.
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