You&#x27;re literally making a &quot;think of the children&quot; argument. In reality people respond to incentives. If we implement the system you are describing, I believe we would see even more immigration fraud - people bringing their children to the USA and illegally overstaying their visa, knowing that the children will effectively become US citizens. There is already massive fraud &amp; abuse of the &quot;birthright citizenship&quot; system - see birth tourism by pregnant Chinese women.