Sedrick Hamner
College Park
“I think as most countries around the globe, America established birthright citizenship as a natural right. It is certainly incumbent upon any government, any leadership in America to enforce that particular law as it stands constitutionally. However The reality is this, if birthright citizenship is no longer the law of the land here in the United States, then the truth is we got a whole list of people, some of whom are in high offices in the land, who need to be shipped out. And so my opinion is that birthright citizens should stand regardless because again, we call this the land of the free. And the home of the brave and I think it’s incumbent upon us to stick by that as American citizens.”
Chris Reid
Atlanta
“My thoughts on birthright citizenship: If we really and truly break it down, none of us should be here because none of us are originally from here. I have Bajan (Barbadian) roots. So if you took birthright out of that, I would be deported. But my challenge with, and I’m going to use government, people are picking and choosing what is truly the law versus being used as a suggestion. That’s my challenge.”
Vince White
West End, Atlanta
“I do believe in birthright citizenship because it is the law. It’s the constitution and I support the constitution. So to me, birthright citizenship is everybody’s right.”
Vena Critchlos
East Point
“I think that if someone is born here in the states that they should be classified as a citizen, regardless of where their parents are from. They were born on this soil. They should be afforded all opportunities that are gifted to people who live on this soil. Although I do acknowledge that those rights are slowly and surely being taken away in this administration. So essentially, I agree with the dissenters, the Supreme Court justices who dissented, that it is an abuse of power, that people born here should be classified as U.S. Citizens, and allowing that not to be a classification is another step towards a racial divide.”
Brett Jackson
Stone Mountain
“Yes, I believe in, if you’re born here in the United States or on any United States property, whether it’s an Air Force base, military base, or whatever, if you are born on any U.S. Soil, then you should be a U. S. Citizen. Doesn’t matter who your parents were, where they came from, if you are born here, then you should be a U.S. Citizen. That’s what the law currently is, that’s what it should be, and there shouldn’t be any changes to that. That’s my opinion.”
