Ottawa County Michigan agrees to issue marriage licenses to illegal immigrants

[rs232c]

I am confused.

One the face of it, marriage has nothing to do with citizenship. Anyone can get married in any country and not affect citizenship.

For example, if John and Mary are both US citizens but wanted to get married in Argentina, they would still be US citizens after the marriage and not entitled to become Argentine citizens through that act.

If one person intents to become a citizen, aren't they supposed to marry a citizen (regardless of what country the marriage takes place) and go through proper legal channels to become a citizen?

For example, if John was a US citizen and Mary an Argentine citizen, and they got married in Bavaria, as a married couple Mary could apply to become an American citizen through marriage.

I haven't heard about any 'Anchor Marriages' problem. Is their one?

[Twoller]

Originally Posted by rs232c

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I haven't heard about any 'Anchor Marriages' problem. Is their one?

Our current policy that accepts anchor babies as citizens is simple dereliction. By issuing marriage licenses to illegals, we drift further still. There is no solid legal part of anchor baby citizenship in the first place and all that is necessary is to pose illegal marriages in the US as further weight to the notion of anchor baby citizenship for them to be a problem.