That doesn't necessarily follow. In any event he would not have had the legal right, nor even the legitimate power to take them away. It would be a clear violation of the 14th amendment. However it would have given him the ability to do so and that ability is not to be trusted with the likes of Bull Connor, Janet Reno or even AG Gonzales.
You're right, but I'd still vote for her in '08. That wasn't a direct quote, but the authors interpertation of what she said. It may have lost something in the telling. She may be the only one in the Bush administration, I actually like!