Ask the Expert: Let's Fix Immigration, Not Attack Immigrant Mothers
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Why do some conservatives want to deny birthright citizenship to the children of some immigrants? What are the major legal and administrative hurdles they are likely to run up against? And why would denying citizenship to these children not fix our immigration problems?
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For more information, see:
- Birthright Citizenship Debate Is a Thinly Veiled Attack on Immigrant Mothers
- Birthright Lunacy: Separating Fact from Fiction in the 14th Amendment Debate
- Effort to Repeal 14th Amendment Canny like a Fox
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