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"It's a complete misreading of the 14th Amendment" to the Constitution to think that illegal aliens are entitled to the same rights as U.S. citizens, he said on the closing day of the 32nd annual Conservative Political Action Conference.
    He hit all the right notes for activists at a conference where immigration proved to be the hottest issue — in speeches, panel discussions and hallway talk.
    Legal immigrants, he said, should "have to learn about American history to pass a citizenship test, and they should have to pass it in English."

    Mr. Gingrich was one of the three biggest attractions at the three-day meeting, with Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove and author Ann Coulter.
45 posted on 02/21/2005 9:24:42 AM PST by madfly
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House Chief of Staff Karl Rove

Who was probably gritting his teeth when Gingrich was talking about illegal aliens.

59 posted on 02/21/2005 9:54:44 AM PST by janetgreen (America needs REAL immigration reform, NOT more "guestworkers".)
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