Congressman Miller and Colleagues Introduce Bill to Deny Anchor Babies Citizenship

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This week, Congressman Miller joined several colleagues in reintroducing the Birthright Citizenship Act for the 112th Congress. This bill would effectively end the practice of granting birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment to the children of illegal immigrants. Currently, there are 3.4 million U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants between the ages of 5 to 18, which represents over 70 percent of the population of children of illegal immigrants. The cost of childbirth and prenatal care is often paid for by American taxpayers, and illegal immigrant parents can and do receive government benefits through their U.S. citizen child. In fact, this exploitation of the Fourteenth Amendment costs American taxpayers over $5.6 billion annually at the federal level and it costs billions more at the state and local level. Congressman Miller believes it is unfair to grant birthright citizenship to children of illegal immigrants because it undermines the intention of the Fourteenth Amendment, rewards those that have recklessly broken our nation's immigration laws, and costs American taxpayers billions annually. He looks forward to working with his colleagues in the House of Representative to pass this commonsense legislation.

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