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Posts Tagged ‘ 14th Amend ’

Tea Party Senators Go After Latino Children

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April 7, 2011
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Rand Paul and David Vitter are leading the charge in the Senate against the children of immigrants. The two tea party Senators have drafted legislation that would deny citizenship to children born in the United States to undocumented parents. Rand Paul, like his father Ron Paul, has long been antagonistic to the rights of...
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Rand Paul Introduces Senate Resolution Backing End of Birthright Citizenship

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January 30, 2011
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Tea party favorite Rand Paul of Kentucky has teamed up with disgraced Senator David Vitter (La.) to propose a Senate Resolution that would “interpret” the 14th Amendment to take citizenship status away from the children of undocumented immigrants.Rand Paul’s father, Ron Paul, has long been connected to the extremist wing of the anti-immigrant movement....
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Arizona Bill to End Birthright Citizenship Unveiled

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January 27, 2011
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The long awaited tea party effort to prevent the children of the undocumented from being given citizenship at birth has begun. Republican Rep. John Kavanagh of Arizona introduced the bill today in the state legislature saying that birthright citizenship has to end because; “The result of that is they immediately acquire the right to...
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The Laws Behind Birthright Citizenship

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January 26, 2011
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With all the derogatory talk about “anchor babies” and state legislation being introduced to deprive the children of immigrants of citizenship, you might want to know what the Constitution really says on the matter. The Council on Foreign Relations has published an interview with Margaret Stock, an expert on birthright citizenship, clarifying the basis...
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New Head of Immigration Subcommittee Speaks Out

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November 24, 2010
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Steve King, the likely new chairman of the House Immigration Subcommittee, spoke recently about his plans for immigration reform to the Des Moines Register.  King, who is associated with The Minutemen, an armed anti-immigrant organization, says that taking away citizenship from the children of undocumented immigrants will be a high priority: For his part,...
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Why Is a Grown Man So Afraid of This Baby?

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November 8, 2010
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Lamar Smith is likely to head the House Judiciary Committee from which immigration bills in the house originate. Recently, Smith’s hometown newspaper, the Austin American Statesman looked at Smith’s opinions on citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants, so-called “birthright citizenship”. Here is a bit of what they wrote: Smith: “Every industrialized country that...
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