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Posted on 04/30/2026 6:36:00 PM PDT by Red Badger
In a major move to address the growing issue of birth tourism, Republican Sen. Rand Paul is introducing a constitutional amendment that would end birthright citizenship.
His amendment would grant birthright citizenship only to children born in our nation with at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen.
Sen. Paul shared the full text of the resolution in a post on X:
I am introducing a Constitutional Amendment to end Birthright Citizenship.
Under current interpretations of American law, anyone born on American soil automatically becomes a U.S. citizen, regardless of whether the parent was here legally or not. This is wrong and not at all the intent of those who wrote the 14th Amendment.
We are a country filled with immigrants, and legal immigration is valuable and should be protected. But we are also a country whose borders have been too open and our generosity exploited too often. President Trump has moved to seal our border from illegal immigrants more than any other president.
But we will have more to do.
We need to make sure that only children born to legal residents of the U.S. are automatically citizens. I have supported protecting birthright citizenship from abuse since the beginning of my tenure in the Senate, when I cosponsored the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011, and now I am proposing an amendment to protect United States citizenship in case the Supreme Court fails to address this issue correctly.
Here’s a closer look at the full resolution:
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I am 100% in agreement with Rand Paul on this. Birthright citizenship needs to end ASAP.
Does this mean we have to like Rand now?
Leave it to f***ing Rand Paul to push for an amendment that absolutely, positively could never pass but implies that birthright citizenship is a constitutional necessity. Always finds a way to look like he’s being conservative but help out the radical left. The Pauls have always been pro-invasion, dating back to when Poppa helped get John McCain nominated.
And Rand Paul is trying to set the bar ludicrously high to make sure we never get it.
Spot on.
My question is as to why Rand is doing this now when the issue is before the SCOTUS. Or did I miss something in the last couple days?
“set the bar ludicrously high”
How so? How would you have proposed such an Amendment?
“ludicrously high” would be having two CITIZEN parents. “Legal residents” seems pretty lax to me.
“Does this mean we have to like Rand now?”
Oh. I imagine there’s a catch
Catch #1
“…to push for an amendment that absolutely, positively could never pass but…”
Let’s repeal the 17th
Nope. See dangus’ posts above; he’s spot on with his assessment of Rand.
My question is as to why Rand is doing this now when the issue is before the SCOTUS
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Almost everyone thinks the Court will vote for birthright citizenship.
“””””My question is as to why Rand is doing this now when the issue is before the SCOTUS.”””””
Is this his subtle way of promoting the idea and reinforcing the argument that Birthright Citizenship is currently a right that can’t be overturned by the court?
“Birthright citizenship needs to end ASAP.”
We’ll know in a few months which way SCOTUS will rule on this, Paul’s bill is moot in the meantime. The House hasn’t done anything but spend, spend, and spend since the BBB and the worthless Senate can’t even pass the SAVE act. This bill will go nowhere, too many RINOs.
Wait!
Rand Paul went and did something we all finally agree with, and RandFan wasn’t the poster?
What are the odds?
Good, I prefer to keep thinking of Rand as an egotistical ass.
No. I don’t have to like him even if I agree with him once in a while. Just like anyone else.
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