Immigrant Rights Activists Defend 14th Amendment

This articles explains much more about the 14th Amendment, what it does and why it probably will not be changed. - - Donna Poisl

New America Media, News Report, Deirdre Ruscitti

The debate over illegal immigration has moved to a new territory: the U.S. Constitution.

Under the 14th Amendment, U.S. citizenship is granted automatically to nearly everyone born in the United States, including the children of undocumented immigrants. (There are a few exceptions, such as the children of foreign diplomats.) This Constitutionally protected right, called “birthright citizenship,” could be the next frontier for anti-immigration politicians and activists, who seek to deny citizenship to the U.S.-children of undocumented immigrants.
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