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Trump: I don't think children born to illegal parents have citizenship
Hot Air ^ | 8/19/2015 | ALLAHPUNDIT

Posted on 08/20/2015 12:01:48 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist

Mediaite and Politico are running headlines for this segment claiming that Trump said the Fourteenth Amendment is unconstitutional, which is cute but unfair. What he's saying, in his own...folksy way, is that he thinks the Supremes will side with him in finding that birth right citizenship under the Constitution doesn't apply to children of illegals. What's newsy is him implying that that ruling should apply not just prospectively but retroactively ("I don't think they have American citizenship") meaning that many thousands of people - some now adults - who have lived all their lives in America would suddenly find themselves stateless.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; bencarson; birthright; birthrightcitizens; carlyfiorina; carson; cruz; donaldtrump; fiorina; naturalborncitizen; naturalborncitizens; obama; scottwalker; tedcruz; trump; walker
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I want Trump to keep saying "I don't think they have American citizenship."

Don't switch to: "I don't think they should have American citizenship."

1 posted on 08/20/2015 12:01:48 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist; All

Who here is for retroactively stripping away citizenship or is in favor of or supports saying that the children born to illegals never had citizenship in the first place?


2 posted on 08/20/2015 12:03:24 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
many thousands of people—some now adults—who have lived all their lives in America would suddenly find themselves stateless.

Nothing stateless about them. They're citizens or subjects of wherever they snuck in from. What's hard about that? They'll go back there with a boatload of skills, sophistication, and contacts here that will give them a huge advantage in their home country. I don't see what's not to like.

Okay, there's one thing. That scenario I just sketched probably applies to many of the gangsters as well.

3 posted on 08/20/2015 12:07:17 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist; nickcarraway; cripplecreek; RIghtwardHo; TNMOUTH

Should Trump keep saying this throughout the primaries - that which Hot Air (and that which is on Google News - Google the words “trump I don’t think children born here to illegals”) quotes him as saying?


4 posted on 08/20/2015 12:07:40 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

How could they ever have lawful citizenship when they never had lawful presence to begin with?


5 posted on 08/20/2015 12:08:07 PM PDT by BradtotheBone (Record number of people on welfare. That's the State of the Union under Obama.)
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To: SamuraiScot

So if they were born to illegal aliens even 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 years ago (or even 1 year ago) you are saying that they never had citizenship in the first place or that they should have it stripped away from them if they have papers that say they are a U.S. citizen?


6 posted on 08/20/2015 12:09:40 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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. . . And I don’t think there’s a choice about the principle applying to anchor babies as well. Sometimes you have to move. Happens all the time throughout history. The smart, energetic ones will find a way to prosper, or maybe improve their home countries.


7 posted on 08/20/2015 12:10:05 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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Who here is for retroactively stripping away citizenship

They never had citizenship to begin with you ignorant wretch.

I'd deport chain generations of illegal beans.
8 posted on 08/20/2015 12:10:33 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (DEPORT OBOLA VOTERS)
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the children born to illegals never had citizenship in the first place?

I'll say it.

Children born to illegal aliens never had US citizenship in the first place!!!

Send them, and their parents, back to whatever third-world cesspool they came from.

Seriously: what part of "illegal" don't you folks get?

9 posted on 08/20/2015 12:11:01 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: BradtotheBone

Read post #6.

Do you agree with either scenario or do you support either scenario?

Trump supporters need to say where they stand on this!

And keep saying it!!!


10 posted on 08/20/2015 12:11:10 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

You better get in line for naturalization. LMAO


11 posted on 08/20/2015 12:11:46 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (DEPORT OBOLA VOTERS)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

God you are a tiresome troll


12 posted on 08/20/2015 12:12:23 PM PDT by MARKUSPRIME
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

DEPORT THEM ALL....including illegal rumpswabs like yourself.


13 posted on 08/20/2015 12:12:39 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (DEPORT OBOLA VOTERS)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

My question is what is he actually saying. I have heard him speak a couple of times and I have seen the typical news sound bites. I have yet to hear him say those already born in America are not citizens (or anything meaning that). I really don’t have any trust for the news outlets, even so-called conservative news outlets.


14 posted on 08/20/2015 12:13:16 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Do Not Vote for List: See my profile)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

BTW, we also deport assholes who lied about being concentration camp guards.


15 posted on 08/20/2015 12:13:27 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Children born to illegal aliens never had US citizenship in the first place!!!


16 posted on 08/20/2015 12:13:34 PM PDT by BradtotheBone (Record number of people on welfare. That's the State of the Union under Obama.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

When it comes down to the letter of the 14th Amendment, there is a growing number of Constitutional experts who will agree with Trump. Mark Levin opens up his files and lists a few:

http://therightscoop.com/mark-levin-congress-can-end-birthright-citizenship-without-amending-the-constitution/


17 posted on 08/20/2015 12:14:56 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Either/Or

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Either/Or


18 posted on 08/20/2015 12:17:59 PM PDT by Leep (Vote Bush! Join the Bush League! Why? Because we say so!)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Congress has the authority to determine this, and, sadly, the law is that anchor babies are US Citizens.

Such is not, however, a requirement of the 14th Amendment.


19 posted on 08/20/2015 12:18:37 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
"Look Mommy, I inferred something all by myself!"
"That's so nice Dear! Here, time for your Ritalin."

20 posted on 08/20/2015 12:20:13 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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