Posted on 08/03/2010 5:03:58 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Tuesday added their voices to GOP calls for congressional hearings into altering the Constitution's 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants.
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McCain said Tuesday the he supports “the concept of holding hearings.”
In a statement issued Tuesday afternoon, McCain expanded on his terse comments from earlier in the day, saying that the Constitution is a “strong, complete and carefully crafted document that has successfully governed our nation for centuries and any proposal to amend the Constitution should receive extensive and thoughtful consideration.”
“Congressional hearings are always warranted when members of Congress raise the issue of amending our Constitution,” he added.
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McCain, who helped lead the charge in 2007 for a comprehensive immigration bill with a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, has taken an increasingly hard-line position as he faces a conservative primary challenger in a state that has become ground zero for the nation's battle over immigration reform.
By calling for hearings, Republicans can stave off the issue while appeasing conservatives who are eager to see legislative action.
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According to the Pew Hispanic Center, citizens who are children of illegal immigrant parents grew to 4 million in 2008, up about 1.3 million from 2003.
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Juan McShame’s internal polls must suck. He is flip flopping all over the place.
He keeps getting Soros to dummy up polls with him leading over JD.
Go JD!
McPAIN, just ENFORCE EXISTING IMMIGRATION LAWS ON THE FEDERAL BOOKS NOW.
There.
Problem resolved.
Yeah, let's hold some more meetings..............;-)
while you are at it, why not amend Article 2, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution that absolutely makes clear what a Natural Born Citizen is.
OH, and make someone responsible for verifying NBC status.
No hyphenated births allowed.
If you are not born of two U.S. Citizen Parents then you should not be allowed to live in the White House for 4 years.
Now that I think of it, you should be required to throw a strike across a little white plate from about 60 feet away and it should look like a man is throwing, not some adolescent girl.
I knew this bastard was up to something. I figured he’d talk conservative, get re-elected, and next thing you know he’s at Zero’s signing ceremony for immigration “reform”. I over-estimated him, he just couldn’t help himself. If I were king, this clown would’ve been been on permanent retainer as a restaurant dishwasher a decade ago.
Lying weasel, no amendment is needed.
Congress can end anchor babies with legislationand he knows it.
What a twisted puke.
Only a politician would use those weasel words.
McCain is an idiot. There is nothing in the 14th amendment requiring the US to give US citizenship to the children of illegal aliens born in the US.
Amendment 14
1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
What part of "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" do you not understand Senator McCain?
McLame pretending to be a conservative to get through the primary. I hope AZ isn’t stupid enough to buy this bilge. Again.
Yup.
Weasels Graham and McCain are playing the same distort-the-14th-amendment game.
Go McCain!! And take Pelosi with you!!!
Massive Fraud Alert!!
How about a hearing on whether Obama is really eligible?
TALK,TALK,TALK! Go Home John. Sick of you and the rest of you Rino’s.
(Please God, make this bad dream go away)
TALK,TALK,TALK! Go Home John. Sick of you and the rest of you Rino’s.
(Please God, make this bad dream go away)
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