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Surrendering a Birthright (The Author shows his ignorance)
Townhall.com ^
| August 23, 2015
| Steve Chapman
Posted on 08/23/2015 7:41:39 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
I tend to agree. The “problem” is that it was enshrined in the 14th and has been with us so long that it is neigh unto impossible to undo.
Where the focus needs to be, once and for all, is a tough immigration policy. The birthright citizenship thing is no more than a politician’s rallying cry and not a serious argument.
Let’s get in there and shore up the boarders, pass and enforce immigration laws, etc. Now THAT will get something done.
To: Kaslin
It was exactly this type of tortured reading of The Constitution that prevented blacks from voting for a hundred years after the 15th Amendment was ratified. "Established Law", anyone?
To wit: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:19:36 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Vendome
Like I said in the addition to the title; The author shows his ignorance.
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:20:05 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: Kaslin
Isn't Chapman Townhall's resident liberal Republican?
-PJ
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:22:25 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: Texas Eagle
It’s a shame however that the American Indians had to wait until 1924 to get American citizenship granted
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:26:10 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: RIghtwardHo
No, no such thing is “enshrined in the 14th” in fact, any more than gay marriage or abortion is so “enshrined”.
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:26:55 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: BobL
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:28:09 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
LOL, what a friggen loser.
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:30:04 AM PDT
by
BobL
(REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
To: Kaslin
Yeah. That wasn't exactly a stroke of genius. Granting scattered nationhood to groups of people within a nation.
Shoulda thunk that one through a little more.
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:30:38 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Kaslin
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:32:27 AM PDT
by
nathanbedford
("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
To: Political Junkie Too
Not all authors that write for Townhall.com or whose articles are posted in Townhal.com are republicans. Quite a few are Libertarian.
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:35:32 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
To: RIghtwardHo
"Let’s get in there and shore up the boarders, pass and enforce immigration laws, etc. Now THAT will get something done."
Please elaborate:
1. What does "shore up the borders" mean exactly?
2. What is the problem with simply enforcing the existing laws?
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posted on
08/23/2015 8:35:48 AM PDT
by
Heart of Georgia
(We need Cruz. Simple as that.)
To: Kaslin
Punishing kids for their parents' sins is the idea behind proposals to revoke birthright citizenship. So, a dad who works in a bank, and keeps his family in their home and their schools and their cars and their vacations by embezzling funds - after his crime has been discovered, these extremists argue that the innocent family members should what? They should keep the fruits of their ill-gotten bounty? How can we punish the children for the crimes of their parents?
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posted on
08/23/2015 9:50:13 AM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
To: Kaslin
“In the 1960s, Turkish migrants were allowed to live and work in Germany, but until 1991, neither they nor their descendants were eligible for German citizenship. So they were estranged from the rest of the country.”
In the UK, Pakistani immigrants were granted citizenship the whole time and they are much less assimilated than Turkish Germans are.
To: Kaslin
Punishing kids for their parents' sins is the idea behind proposals to revoke birthright citizenship.Um no it's not, moron. The idea is to stop them from coming here and to make it easier to send them back.
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posted on
08/23/2015 6:45:21 PM PDT
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: Sgt_Schultze
The child will have the citizenship of its parents.
How is child being born with the citizenship of its own parents being "punished"...?
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posted on
08/23/2015 9:59:01 PM PDT
by
Cyropaedia
("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
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