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Unlikely Bedfellows on Immigration Reform

jrpublic Wrote: Aug 21, 2012 1:18 PM
The only fix we need is birthright citizenship and that is not applied to immigration rules. We need to uphold our laws.
Kepha Wrote: Aug 24, 2012 5:17 PM
To do that, we'd need to go through all the rigamarole to amend our Constitution. Citizens as those 'born or natuarlized in the Unite States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" is the Fourteenth Amendment language. That means that the only ones born here who aren't citizens are those born to diplomats or visiting heads of state.

However, I'd ask, how many of those immigrant entrepreneurs who did so much for certain cities are illegal, and how many played by the rules to enter our country? I'd bet that most of our most successful and contributing immigrants are here legally. After all, it's easier when you can operate completely in the open.
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