So much for the constitution

A growing group of Republican senators, some with Tea Party ties, are abandoning their unflappable devotion to the founding fathers. See, the Tea party and some right wing Republicans talk a good game about getting back to the constitution. As if we have left it! Now however they are proposing to get rid of the 14Th amendment. For those who may not remember that's the one that grants citizenship to children born in the U,S.
These senators believe that doing this will stem the "tide" of illegal immigrants.
Okay, so the thinking is that the founding fathers were infallible, except for this one time. They talk a great game about venerating the founding fathers, to the point of deification at times. Yet they don't see any conflict in their belief system when talking about tearing out parts of the constitution when it doesn't suit their re-election campaign.
Now for the problem that repealing the 14TH amendment would cause. If a couple come legally to America and are working on getting citizenship and while waiting they have a child, what would become of that child? Would they have to file all the paperwork for that child to gain legal status?
One thing that I have learned about any public policy, it is that there are always financial costs. For example would that child no longer qualify for their parents insurance? This would cause huge expenses to be incurred by the states.
There are also unintended social affects. If we make it even more expensive to come here legally, what would be the incentive for doing so?
Without this amendment in place, every person who is here with a work or student visa would have to pay extra for their children s citizenship
Besides being morally offensive and lacking in the very concept of this country; this idea is fiscally and socially irresponsible. An amendment of this type would cost this country billions of dollars to try for. If it actually succeed it would cost us more money in the implementation. It would require a new government body that would have to deal with these children. This would mean more regulation and bigger government. That is something that Republicans and the Tea Party claim they are against.
I know immigration is a hot topic right now, but you as citizens need to think about the consequences of rash reactionary action.
Our country has a history of rash action, and it has never ended well. Remember the internment camps for the Japanese? Or the red scare culminating in the McCarthy hearings? Politics, and policy when done right is a deliberate proses, not a rash one.