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Speaker Ryan: ‘You cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order’
Politico.com ^ | 10/20/18 | By BURGESS EVERETT and CAITLIN OPRYSKO

Posted on 10/30/2018 2:52:27 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda

Speaker Ryan: ‘You cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order’

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday broke with President Donald Trump on whether an executive order could deny a constitutional guarantee of citizenship to babies born in the U.S. to noncitizen parents.

But despite Ryan's stern rebuttal to the president, the idea of limiting birthright citizenship still has significant cache among congressional Republicans, even if they aren't quite sure how to undo a constitutional guarantee stemming from the 14th Amendment.

Trump told Axios in an interview released Tuesday that the White House counsel had advised him that there was legal standing to terminate birthright citizenship, and Vice President Mike Pence confirmed that the administration was looking into using executive action as well.

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KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; amnestypimps; anchorbabies; gopestablishment; idiot; illegals; newsforum; paulryan; rino; ryan; ryno
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To: Hypo2

Indeed.

All aliens present in this country are subject to the jurisdiction of our laws and courts. But they are also subject to the jurisdiction of the laws of the country of their citizenship.

That distinction is where certain parties attempt to confuse the birthright citizenship issue.


81 posted on 10/30/2018 7:35:38 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: IYAS9YAS

One cannot be subject to jurisdiction
if one is illegal. They are subject to
the jurisdictions of the countries of
which they are citizens.


82 posted on 10/30/2018 7:57:00 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat Mo)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Doing with the 14th Amendment that anti-gun folks do with the 2nd...only for totally different reasons....


83 posted on 10/31/2018 2:36:40 AM PDT by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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To: Yosemitest

Perfect but it will never happen so long as RINOs like Paul RINO and others are in office


84 posted on 10/31/2018 5:37:21 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

But you can end your political career for taking idiotic policy stances.


85 posted on 11/01/2018 8:18:35 AM PDT by Crucial
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