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To: henderson field
Why would the anchor baby thing require a Constitutional amendment? Why not just pass a law?

Amendment XIV: Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.

233 posted on 02/01/2004 4:57:06 AM PST by ovrtaxt (we are the pawns of partisanship, when we ought to be the soldiers of principle. - Alan Keyes)
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To: ovrtaxt
Nothing in that amendment says that the parents of a citizen, who aren't citizens themselves, are entitled to any kind of special breaks.
237 posted on 02/01/2004 8:30:29 AM PST by inquest (The only problem with partisanship is that it leads to bipartisanship)
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