rssGutierrez: Dems Should Call Republicans’ Bluff on 14th Amendment
Wednesday, August 04, 2010 at 5:52 pm
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Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) today joined the growing list of lawmakers who said they want Congressional hearings on the 14th Amendment, specifically its provisions for providing citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. — including children of illegal immigrants.
But Gutierrez, an outspoken supporter of immigrants’ rights, has a different motivation for supporting hearings: he thinks Republicans are posturing and wants Congressional leaders to “call their bluff“:
Imagine a United States where every birth initiates an investigation to determine the citizenship and immigration status of each parent. Let’s have the hearing so we can take careful notes when the Republican’s witness explains how this government intrusion into maternal and child health — burdening our health care system and discouraging pregnant women from seeking medical care (while perhaps discouraging claims of paternity) — is justified to secure our borders and protect the core liberties of America. I would love to hear the opening remarks of Judiciary Committee Members Lindsey Graham in the Senate or Lamar Smith in the House broadcast live from coast-to-coast on C-SPAN. I can hear it now. “Mr. Chairman, I would like to express my support for a full federal background check and proof of citizenship for every precious human life.”
Republicans have been accused of using the issue to win support from voters, as but as Gutierrez argued, it’s not necessarily a winning political statement. Still, it doesn’t look like many Democrats will be joining Gutierrez in his effort: Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), chairman of the subcommittee that would theoretically look into the issue, shot down the idea of hearings to The Plum Line today.
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Comment posted August 5, 2010 @ 1:37 am
Most countries require that at least one parent is a citizen/legal permanent resident alien. The current US law concerning citizenship by birth is insane.
Comment posted August 5, 2010 @ 1:42 am
The hypocrisy of the Rethuglicans knows no bounds, they'll do anything if they think it'll get them back in power so they can continue to destroy the middle class and loot the country in order to further enrich their Corporate masters and super rich cronies. They have a fair amount of ignorant middle class morons fooled, particularly by using race in the South but the majority of Americans see through their poisonous treachery. There's going to be a surprise in November alright, but not the one they think they've engineered. The Party of No is as obvious as a Rattle Snake.
Comment posted August 5, 2010 @ 4:41 am
MOST CONTRIES? flat out lie is the other way arround most countries will recognice citizenship of any child born within it's territory, aero space, territorial waters or any air craft or ship that bears their national flag so check out your facts.
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Comment posted August 5, 2010 @ 7:36 am
They should pass this change and make it retroactive. That way we will all be illegal immigrants. The indigenous people are probably ready to have their land back anyway.
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Comment posted August 5, 2010 @ 12:57 pm
That's what I've been thinking. I sure hope my Grandparents had their papers in order when they got off the boat in the 1920's. If they were WOPS (without papers), that would make my father, me and my kids all illegal aliens.
I guess there could be worse things than being deported to Italy, though. They seem a little more civilized there than we are in present day America.
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Comment posted August 6, 2010 @ 10:50 pm
i hate to dissapoint you all on this issue,…but this is an issue that really resonates with me,…i voted for obama, but will be voting solid republican this fall 2010,…it really has reached the point for me,…[and i suspect a lot of other independent voters] that the repubs.. are right on this issue,…THEY ARE ILLEGAL ALIENS!,…and the country is sick of coddling them,…since the only power i have is to vote,…i will punish those i percieve to be the coddlers,…the democrats,…be prepared for a severe ass-kicking in november my friends!
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