Thread: Idaho: Labrador Not Taking Position On 14th Amendment

UPDATE: Labrador 'not taking a position' on 14th Amendment in Idaho's 1st CD
Submitted by Dan Popkey on Thu, 10/07/2010 - 7:41am.

GOP congressional nominee Raul Labrador is "not taking a position" on whether the U.S. Constitution should no longer grant native-born children of illegal immigrants citizenship, his campaign said Thursday morning.

Wednesday's blog said Labrador's position was "unknown."

"Raul is not in favor of repealing the 14th amendment but feels there are other options to look at within it for refinement," said campaign spokesman Phil Hardy in an e-mail this morning. "Therefore the not taking a position."

Democratic Rep. Walt Minnick said he opposed ending citizenship rights for the native born, which are guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. It was the only question on the 12-item survey on which the two candidates disagreed. Both were rated by the group as "true reformers."

Minnick received a 'B' grade because he has a voting record as an incumbent. Labrador was not eligible for a letter grade because he has never been in Congress, according to an e-mail to the Labrador campaign from NumbersUSA.

Labrador submitted his answers after NumbersUSA published its report and an inquiry to the campaign from the Statesman Wednesday morning. Labrador was originally listed as having not completed the survey.

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"Raul is not in favor of repealing the 14th amendment but feels there are other options to look at within it for refinement," said campaign spokesman Phil Hardy in an e-mail this morning. "Therefore the not taking a position."

And would you care to expand on what other options there are for refinement? This is a cop out in my book