Lindsey Graham considering overturning the 14th amendment to end ‘birthright citizenship.’

[Joanne98]

Politico reports that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who many previously thought would co-sponsor comprehensive immigration reform this year, is considering radically changing the 14th amendment. Graham may introduce a constitutional amendment that would overturn the portion of the Constitution which states “ll 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.” In other words, Graham wants to end the practice of granting citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants born on U.S. soil. Politico reports:

“I may introduce a constitutional amendment that changes the rules if you have a child here,” Graham said during an interview with Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren. “Birthright citizenship I think is a mistake, that we should change our Constitution and say if you come here illegally and you have a child, that child’s automatically not a citizen.” <...>

“I’m a practical guy, but when you go forward, I don’t want 20 million more 20 years from now,” he said. “I want to be fair. I want to be humane. We need immigration policy, but it should be on our terms, not someone else’s. I don’t know how to fix it all. But I do know what makes people mad, that 12 million people came here and there seems to be no system to deal with stopping 20 million 20 years from now.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/07/29/lindsey-graham-citizenship/

[tularetom]

1. Wow, Lindsey graham is a powerful dude

He can overturn the 14th amendment all by himself.

BTW in 20 years he may not have any choice in the matter, since he, like most of us will be a member of a minority group and he'll have to accept the will of the majority Hispanic population.

Maybe Lindsey will be deported back to wherever the fuck his ancestors were hatched.

[provis99]

2. In other news: Republicans Hate the Constitution.

[Jefferson23]

3. Graham goes further to the dark side I see...keep imploding Republicans.

If Americans overwhelmingly support this bullshit, I'll eat my hat.


He is on the fucking record saying "we need immigration policy, but it should be on our terms, not someone else's." Who does he believe
wrote the 14th Amendment, Mexico??


Fuck you Graham and your stinking party too.

[X_Digger]

4. Yah, good luck with that, Graham. *snort*

The more he talks, the stupider he looks.