Court: Second Amendment also covers those in US illegally

[cstone]

"Anchor babies" are US citizens. Family relatives of these US citizens are much less likely to be deported because current federal immigration policy favors family members of US citizens. "Anchor babies" are citizens because of the 14th Amendment and how it has been interpreted by the the US Supreme Court. Short of an amendment to the Constitution, I don't see any change to this issue despite the current rhetoric from some political candidates.

Minor children, born outside the US, who were brought here or stayed here illegally are not treated like criminals and they are not even treated like adults who immigrated here illegally. Minor children, like the numerous unaccompanied children crossing the border in larger numbers for the past few years are dealt with by the Department of Health and Human Services. They are given immigration court dates for hearings but many never appear. Even if they did appear, it is unlikely they would be deported as long as they have a family member (doesn't matter whether that family member is a legal resident or not) who will care for the minor child. The Department of Health and Human Services does not deport people.

It would be hard for anyone to untangle the intentional mess our federal government has made of immigration in our country.

IMO this is not an issue of capability but lack of national will to address the issue.

[Gman]

IMO this is not an issue of capability but lack of national will to address the issue.

Exactly correct. Securing our national borders is one of the few things the Federal government is charged with doing in the Constitution...and they're not doing it. We don't need cooperation from any other nation to have enforceable laws and the responsibility is clearly that of the Feds.

[HoneyBadger]

IMO this is not an issue of capability but lack of national POLITICAL will to address the issue.

I think this^ is the true root of the problem. Politicians and parties are trying to buy votes and everyone knows it's a bad thing for the future of our country, but whichever party caves first to give amnesty to all illegals will effectively guarantee that they win every future election with millions of additional votes (which have been conveniently distributed to many conservative, rural areas around the country).