AP - Ariz. lawmaker takes aim at automatic citizenship

Ariz. lawmaker takes aim at automatic citizenship
By MICHELLE PRICE 2010-06-15T20:08:15ZPHOENIX (AP) -- Emboldened by passage of the nation's toughest law against illegal immigration, the Arizona politician who sponsored the measure now wants to deny U.S. citizenship to children born in this country to undocumented parents....© 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

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oh dang!

 

I think the constitution does say that people born here are citizens... and does not specify that they have to have citizen parents...

I'll bet hugo could elaborate for us.

 

Oooh.. but Rand Paul thinks this is a good idea... Hmm... wonder if this will effect his argument.

 

I think it's a good idea too, but the 14th Amendment states that...

Even if the 14th Amendment is one of the "reconstruction amendments" and is often argued to be questionable as to it's validity as it was ratified under the occupation and threat of the U.S. military occupation of states that were forced to vote for it's ratification and without the military threat probably wouldn't have been ratified, it is still a Constitutional Amendment until appealed by Amendment.

 

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