Is citizenship a given right of every person in a given nation-state, or should citizenship be given as a benefit of service to the state?
Personally I think citizenship should only be granted to those who show a willingness to serve the state in some capacity. Living in the U.S it sadens me to see how this once great nation is turning to garbage. A child born to illegal immigrants is automatically a U.S citizen, I find this very disturbing. I remember in the late 1980's and early 1990's when Mexican's would cross the border in droves so they could have their babys in the U.S. (and still do).
To many people take what they have for granted and see citizenship as a take what you can from the nation-state and run with it, in the process totally disrespecting their fellow citizens and the laws that their nation was founded on. But if citizenship were granted only to those people who show a willingness to sacrafice for the common good and an understanding of what the word "Citizen" means, situations like we see today would and could be avoided.
Personally I think citizenship should only be granted to those who show a willingness to serve the state in some capacity. Living in the U.S it sadens me to see how this once great nation is turning to garbage. A child born to illegal immigrants is automatically a U.S citizen, I find this very disturbing. I remember in the late 1980's and early 1990's when Mexican's would cross the border in droves so they could have their babys in the U.S. (and still do).
To many people take what they have for granted and see citizenship as a take what you can from the nation-state and run with it, in the process totally disrespecting their fellow citizens and the laws that their nation was founded on. But if citizenship were granted only to those people who show a willingness to sacrafice for the common good and an understanding of what the word "Citizen" means, situations like we see today would and could be avoided.