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Six Great Immigration Solutions

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NumbersUSA believes the majority of immigration problems would be solved with passage of bills in the six categories below. In some categories, more than one bill has been introduced that would resolve the problem. Members of Congress who have co-sponsored at least one of those bills get a YES by their name in that column.

Only Members who have co-sponsored in at least one category are listed below. Thank them and ask them to sign up for the bills they haven't yet co-sponsored. Click on the link for each bill to read more details and view the co-sponsor list. Contact members who have done nothing and are not listed; urge them to put themselves on this Solutions Grid.

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Sen. Vitter Introduces Bill To Clarify Birthright Citizenship Policy And End Birth Tourism

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This week Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) re-introduced the S.45: Birthright Citizenship Act of 2015. Vitter’s bill would close the loophole by clarifying that birthright citizenship is only given to the children of U.S. citizens and legal resident aliens.

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Fourteenth Amendment Debate

Constitution of the United States

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Birthright citizenship is based on an interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was originally enacted to ensure civil rights for the newly freed slaves after the Civil War. Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment states, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside."

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Nations Granting Birthright Citizenship

Birthright Citizenship Map

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Birthright Citizenship is the automatic granting of citizenship to children born within a nation's borders or territories. The United States and Canada are the only developed nations in the world to still offer Birthright Citizenship to tourists and illegal aliens. The map to the left shows the nations that still grant Birthright Citizenship -- the nations in RED are the developed nations; the nations in ORANGE are the non-developed nations.