29th Street Ballroom
Significant Parallels
RECEIVED Mon., Nov. 5, 2018
Dear Editor,
Certain legislators have been suggesting that birthright citizenship as addressed in the Constitution is not applicable to children born to noncitizen parents.
However, the 14th Amendment that granted birthright citizenship was created to offer citizenship to slaves, people here without protection as citizens under the law, enacted in 1868. The 15th Amendment, only a couple of years later, granted African-Americans the right to vote. Both amendments very deliberately offered rights to disenfranchised persons in America.
I see significant parallels.
Certain legislators have been suggesting that birthright citizenship as addressed in the Constitution is not applicable to children born to noncitizen parents.
However, the 14th Amendment that granted birthright citizenship was created to offer citizenship to slaves, people here without protection as citizens under the law, enacted in 1868. The 15th Amendment, only a couple of years later, granted African-Americans the right to vote. Both amendments very deliberately offered rights to disenfranchised persons in America.
I see significant parallels.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Fitz, concerned Texan
Rebecca Fitz, concerned Texan