Re: The Contest Rules

It does seem to be common in sweepstakes that winners must be legal US residents. I'm not sure why but thems the rules. The baby may be a US citizen but is she the winner or is her parent and legal guardian the winner? We'd have to see all of the rules and regs to see if that makes a difference.

Re: Born Here = Citizen

I too think that this rule needs to change as part of meaningful and comprehensive immigration reform. It has encouraged illegal immigration and put a tremendous burden on our healthcare system. Every day dozens of babies of illegal aliens are born in hospitals all over the country. How many of those pay the medical bills? If it is a fraction of one per cent I'd be surprised. In my area it is a well known phenomenon that people come up from across the border and wait in the hospital parking lot until the mother goes into labor. They are called "parking lot babies".

At a minimum there should be the requirement that the newborn's parent(s) be legal residents before the baby gets automatic citizenship.

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