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2 from Arizona support limit on citizenship


Arizona Republic
Nov. 8, 2005 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON -Arizona Reps. John Shadegg and J.D. Hayworth, both Republicans, are among 49 members of the 435-seat House so far to sign on as co-sponsors of a House bill to deny automatic citizenship to children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants.

The bill, HR 698, was introduced Feb. 9 by Rep. Nathan Deal, R-Ga., and is being considered by a subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims, which recently held a hearing on the issue.

Hayworth has incorporated the same idea into his own comprehensive immigration reform bill, HR 3938, introduced on Sept. 29.

Such a move is depicted as a way to eliminate one of the incentives for illegal immigration. But the constitutionality of attempts to do so are under debate.

The 14th Amendment says, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."

Rep. Jeff Flake, another Arizona Republican who says he supports ending so-called "birthright citizenship," has not signed on as a co-sponsor of Deal's bill.

"He's still studying the best way to move forward with this, and he may eventually get behind Mr. Deal's bill or may offer a bill of his own," according to a statement released by Flake's office on Monday.

It is questionable whether someone ere illegally has put themselves under the actual jurisdiction of the law. Illegals have put themselves above instead of under the law.