Some tried to do away with the anchor baby situation and this is what they were met with!
[I]n recent days, former aides to both Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush, who pushed for comprehensive immigration reform, have condemned the calls by top Republicans to end birthright citizenship.
Cesar Conda, who served as domestic policy adviser to Cheney, has called such proposals “offensive.” Mark McKinnon, who served as media adviser in Bush’s two presidential campaigns, said Republicans risk losing their “rightful claim” to the 14th Amendment if they continue to “demagogue” the issue. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_08/025131.php
I have become increasingly convinced that most Republican and Conservative opposition to interpreting the Constitution and the 14th amendment correctly is based on their belief that this will alienate potential votes. In other words, they are more concerned with what is good politics rather than what is the truth.
They honestly don't care about what is both common sense, and what is the actual truth, provided they can use the existing confusion to milk votes. They are motivated by expediency and pragmatism rather than accuracy or principles.
“They are motivated by expediency and pragmatism rather than accuracy or principles. “
I think they’re motivated by money and power. The new amnesty is neither pragmatic or expedient....well, except to be in a big hurry to make every invader legal.
When you really study the Lobbyists writing these laws and their various ‘non profits’ it really looks more like money laundering than ‘legislation’.
Deportees Can Come Back Under Draft Immigration Bill
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