Federal Judge Rules Children Born In U.S. May Be Denied Birth Certificates -- For Now
Maybe this is too simple of a thing for a court. If you're born in a hospital or some other place located in the United States, you get a Certificate of Live Birth saying that you were born in said hospital or anywhere else on United States soil at a certain time in a certain place. Because you are a living, breathing human being, that certification also goes to the state, so that said birth can be confirmed and established as a record that also affirms your citizenship.
It's really irrelevant who your parents are. What matters is that you emerged from a womb into the world and the place where you did that is the United States.
That seems simple enough to me, but apparently it is more complicated than that.
In Texas, if you're brown and your parents don't have the right paperwork, you might not get that birth certificate.
A federal judge has chosen for now not to force Texas health officials to change their stance in denying birth certificates to immigrant families with U.S- born children, saying that the families raised "grave concerns" but more evidence is needed, according to a ruling issued Friday.