Rand Paul

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has explained his one absolute fix for the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship activism.

That opinion written by John Roberts claims that the 14th Amendment was written to assure anyone, from anywhere in the world, the absolute right to claim the privileges of U.S. citizenship if they were born on its soil.

Paul says Congress should pursue a constitutional amendment to change birthright citizenship—and if lawmakers won’t act, he says he’ll start with state legislatures.

“Let’s get it done one state at a time and put pressure on Congress,” he said.

RAND PAUL LAYS OUT HIS PLAN TO END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP@SenRandPaul says Congress should pursue a constitutional amendment to change birthright citizenship—and if lawmakers won’t act, he says he’ll start with state legislatures.

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There have been other suggestions already: One is the idea of a legislative fix that actually was suggested by one member of the Supreme Court. Others have a more direct approach: Demanding that Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest and deport illegal alien women who have arrived and expect to deliver a baby in the U.S.

President Donald Trump had issued an executive order clarifying that those temporary, even illegal, aliens present do not automatically bestow U.S. citizenship on their offspring, an order that was reversed by the Supreme Court.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said that birthright citizenship has “been abused.”

“It’s one of those things that was intended to serve a noble and important purpose and has been thwarted and overused and abused,” the Republican leader said. “And so I’m sure that we’ll continue to look at that. I’m sure that the conclusion from this decision is you have to amend the Constitution to fix that.”

According to a report at Time, Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah said, “We’re going to need a constitutional amendment.”

Bob Unruh

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