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    VITTER SEEKS TO ATTACH AMENDMENT ENDING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP TO ANTI-TRAFFICKING BI

    VITTER SEEKS TO ATTACH AMENDMENT ENDING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP TO ANTI-TRAFFICKING BILL
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    by CAROLINE MAY
    10 Mar 201515


    Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) has introduced a measure that would end birthright citizenship as an amendment to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, a bipartisan bill currently under consideration in the Senate.

    Vitter’s effort follows the recent federal raids of about 20 alleged birth-tourism locations in Southern California last week.

    Birth tourism is a lucrative scheme that involves the transport of pregnant foreign women who want to have their children born in the U.S. so that those children are granted automatic U.S. citizenship and all the benefits that come with it.

    “It’s astounding that we’re allowing foreign citizens to exploit the loopholes of our immigration system in this manner, and Congress has the obligation to stop it,” Vitter says.

    “This practice comes down to a fundamental misunderstanding of the 14th Amendment, and we can stop the massive problem with some simple clarification,” he added.

    The Louisiana Republican’s legislation would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent children born to foreign parents in the U.S. from gaining automatic citizenship. The exceptions to this would be if one of the parents is a US. citizen or a lawful permanent resident, or an immigrant serving in the U.S. military.

    According to Vitter’s office, the bill would stop the practice of birth tourism by ensuring that citizenship is only afforded to the children of U.S. citizens and lawful residents.

    Vitter first introduced his Birthright Citizenship Act in 2011 and reintroduced it in January 2015.

    http://www.breitbart.com/big-governm...fficking-bill/



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    This would be awesome, but the dems will never let it pass, and surely obama would veto. Another good reason to elect a true conservative as President, someone who would sign a bill like this! A lot of the current candidates would NOT sign.
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    Quote Originally Posted by imblest View Post
    This would be awesome, but the dems will never let it pass, and surely obama would veto. Another good reason to elect a true conservative as President, someone who would sign a bill like this! A lot of the current candidates would NOT sign.
    Lets hope at least one of the bills, either Vitter's in the Senate or Steve King's in the House can be passed or attached to something and the Republicans can get 6 Loyal Democrats in the Senate to support Americans for once on something as important as stopping the pure mockery of US citizenship.
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    I guess we need a bill like this, but really the writers of the 14th Amendment were clear about its not pertaining to foreigners. A little research into the debates leading up to the publication of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments would confirm this.

    The one case decided by the Supreme Court - Wong Kim Ark, I think - actually concerned the son of people who were deemed to have become permanent residents. So the highest court has never held that there is such a thing as birthright citizenship.
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