Planned Citizenship

              Recently, many immigrants (mostly Chinese women) have been traveling to the United States expressly to give birth on American soil. By doing that, it ensures that their child will be an american citizen and will have all of the opportunities for education and work that their parents maybe never had.
              As written in the fourteenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution, all people born on U.S. soil are american citizens. But this was originally written to help the freed black slaves and their children, not illegal immigrants. This has become an increasing problem as an article on NPR's website shares the story of one chinese woman's story/ideas*. In the article, it also relates that there are some private entrepreneurs, or crooks, that arrange for flights there and back and places to stay while they are pregnant. One business man states the for $15,000 the stay at the hospital, the doctor, the house, and any other amenities the woman wants can easily be taken care of. This is clearly a very organized practice already, so how will it change in future years? Will it change american policy in any way?
             Should this be allowed? If no then why isn't the government taking steps to somehow counteract this? It is clear that the mothers have no intention of actually staying in the United States. They simply board a plane to America, give birth, and soon after are back home with their new-born child.
             I think it should not be allowed because they are horribly taking advantage of a country they aren't even citizens of. By increasing the amount of people trying to find a job, it is unfair for those who have lived in the United States all their life, or most of it, to have to compete with people who only came because they also want a job, and with this economy it is challenging enough to find a decent job.
            Citizenship should not be taken advantage of so easily because that makes it seem as though America is very relaxed about immigration or can be easily manipulated by other countries.

* click HERE to read the rest of NPR's article