Saturday, January 8, 2011

Birthright Citizenship Looms as Next Immigration Battle - NYTimes.com

Birthright Citizenship Looms as Next Immigration Battle - NYTimes.com

In April, Representative Duncan Hunter, Republican of California, one of those pushing for Congressional action on the issue, stirred controversy when he suggested that children born in the United States to illegal immigrants should be deported with their parents until the birthright citizenship policy was changed.

“And we’re not being mean,” Mr. Hunter told a Tea Partyrally in Southern California. “We’re just saying it takes more than walking across the border to become an American citizen. It’s what’s in our souls.”

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