UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

AMERICAN CITIZEN CHILDREN ##1-1,375, all minors, by and through their next best friend SANDRA RODRIGUES,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

and

BELEN VERDUZCO,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN ASHCROFT, United States Attorney General;* COLIN L. POWELL, Secretary of State;** KEVIN D. ROONEY, Acting Commissioner of INS;*** GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States,****

Defendants-Appellees.

No. 00-4128

(D.C. No. 99-CV-41-K)

(D. Utah)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*****

Before SEYMOUR, BRORBY, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.

Appellants are 1,375 minor United States citizen children whose parents are undocumented aliens residing illegally in the United States. Sandra Rodrigues, a resident alien, brought this action pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), on their behalf claiming that defendants' enforcement of the immigration laws against the children's parents has violated or will violate the children's rights under the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court dismissed the second amended complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted and denied leave to amend. The district court also denied appellants' motion to alter or amend the judgment. They appeal. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

We review de novo the district court's dismissal of the complaint. Gohier v. Enright, 186 F.3d 1216, 1218 (10th Cir. 1999). We find no error. The law is clear that "the incidental impact visited upon the children of deportable, illegal aliens does not raise constitutional problems." Delgado v. INS, 637 F.2d 762, 764 (10th Cir. 1980). The district court correctly relied on Delgado in dismissing appellants' case for failure to state a claim. We therefore affirm for substantially the same reasons as those set out in the district court's order filed on April 12, 2000.

AFFIRMED.

Entered for the Court

Mary Beck Briscoe

Circuit Judge