| Regarding Tuesday's Las Vegas Sun story, "More welfare going to parents here illegally": Our government has avoided addressing our antiquated birthright laws for decades, forcing us to support welfare against our will. In reality, a significant percentage of illegal immigrants come here because they know they can have children and avoid deportation because the children are U.S. citizens. And we pay the hospital bills. Our representatives have copped out on changing this ridiculous policy for decades. Children born on U.S. soil should be citizens of the mothers' countries unless the fathers are legal residents or U.S. citizens, as in most other countries. |