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Conrad Teves
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Whoa, who's said anything about repealing it?
I simply suggest amending it with an explicit condition to make it fair to all the people who want to immigrate legally, and may have spent years waiting for a visa, etc.
The framers couldn't see all possible outcomes, so they left a mechanism to patch stuff down the line.  Think of the 22nd.  Didn't change the existing rules, it just added a limit to them.
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While amending the Constitution always give people pause, I've heard some argue that birthright citizenship changes would not require an amendment. 

This is from National Review* -  

A correct understanding of the intent of the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment and legislation passed by Congress in the late 19th century and in 1923 extending citizenship to American Indians provide ample proof that Congress has constitutional power to define who is within the “jurisdiction of the United States” and therefore eligible for citizenship. Simple legislation passed by Congress and signed by the president would be constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment.


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(Board rules question...when we quote from an article are we supposed to provide a link to the article or no? Or are we not supposed to quote and just provide the link?)

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Cite the source for a short quote, provide a link INSTEAD of a long quote.

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James: Arguing the semantics of race vs. culture vs. ethnicity is a distracting tactic similar to insisting the Confederate Battle Flag is significantly distinct from the Stars 'n' Bars. In any case, past anti-immigration legislation hasn't exactly been distinguished by its finely-honed specificity. 
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In any case, past anti-immigration legislation hasn't exactly been distinguished by its finely-honed specificity.

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I thought it was targeting Blacks and Hispanics?

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David Miller
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Conrad: The 22nd amendment has to date limited the rights of less than 10 of this country's inhabitants. 

Make no mistake, scaling back one of the greatest civil rights landmarks in American history in a legal effort affecting millions of people, would be interpreted as repeal.
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David Miller
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I encourage links to National Review. Everyone should read the article comments there for a look into how not-racist the fire-breathers are on this issue. 
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David Miller
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John: The laws I'm talking about target Hispanics through their lack of specificity. 
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Laren Farmer
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David, there are idiotic comments on every single article on every single topic ever posted online. 

But what idiots say in a comments section does not determine whether the content of the actual article is correct or not.
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David Miller
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Laren: I didn't question NRO's accuracy, although I think everyone knows they're a take-with-a-grain-of-salt publication. I read it all the time. 
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Laren Farmer
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Posted: 19 August 2015 at 1:55pm | IP Logged | 11  

Ah cool. 

Though truthfully I don't know if there's any publication today of any leaning that isn't a take-with-a-grain-of-salt type. 


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Marc Foxx
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Posted: 19 August 2015 at 2:00pm | IP Logged | 12  

 David Miller wrote:
Reprinting every civics text isn't going to be free.


C'mon - text book publishers would love it if this happens, besides, text books get revised and republished on a regular basis anyway, so that's hardly a valid argument.
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