Родиться будет недостаточно

Как известно, американское иммиграционное законодательство жесткое, но в нем есть одно слабое место: дети, рожденные в США, автоматически получают право на гражданство. Этим и пользуются миллионы мексиканцев и прочих нелегалов. Но, похоже, скоро эта лафа кончится. Есть и другие интересные идеи: выдавать детям нелегалов специальные сертификаты о рождении и не предоставлять никакие бенефиты; конфисковывать автомобиль, в котором ехал нелегал, даже как пассажир.

Это пока только планы, причем на уровне штатов, а не федерального правительства. И если такие законы примут, то наверняка вначале будут судебные процессы, поскольку кое-что из предложений, возможно, противоречат Конституции. Но тендеция понятна.

Many States Want Arizona-Style Immigration Law

Seattle, WA: A number of states are likely to follow Arizona's example and make new and tougher immigration laws in the near future. Although the Arizona law has been met by a number of lawsuits and other legal issues, many state legislatures are already drafting similar or tougher laws, rather than waiting for any court rulings. After the elections in November, Republicans control lawmaking in half of the United States, and several newly-elected Republican governors campaigned on a tougher approach to immigration. In Oklahoma, for example, a law is being drafted that would allow authorities to seize the car of anyone who is found to harbor an illegal immigrant who is a passenger in the car. In at least 12 other states, lawmakers are challenging the right to U.S. citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents who are in the U.S. illegally. Such a birthright to U.S. citizenship is now given by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to all who are born in the U.S. Some states are also looking at issuing special birth certificates and refusing state benefits to children of illegal immigrants. Several states have made it mandatory for all businesses to use the electronic work-authorization verification system called E-Verify, to make sure they hire only authorized labor, and more states are expected to follow. In the past couple of years immigration-related legislation has increased dramatically, from 300 bills in 2005, to 1500 bills last year.

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P.S. Я думал, что использование E-Verify уже много лет обязательно. А оказывается, только начинают заставлять...