birthright citizenship

Maher: Birthright Citizenship ‘Has Been Bastardized’

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that while you would need a constitutional amendment to change it, birthright citizenship isn’t a good idea and it “has been bastardized” by things like birth tourism and “You

Biden - Bill Maher on HBO, 6/14/2019

Migrants Account for 1 in 4 Births in Southern Mexican Border Hospital

The Tapachula General Hospital in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas recorded 932 deliveries during 2021 solely to migrant mothers. The births at the hospital account for nearly 1 in 4 deliveries in a city of more than 350,000 residents. Tapachula sits on the Mexico-Guatemala Border and is the primary crossing point for thousands of migrants hoping to reach the United States. This emerging trend represents a challenge for U.S. authorities eventually tasked with removing a nuclear family where citizenship differs between parent and child.

Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images Recently detained migrants, many o