There is a movement a foot that wants to make laws that deny citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants who are born in this country. A Georgia republican introduced such a bill in Congress in 2009, but it didn't go anywhere. Now a Arizona legislator wants a state law that would do the same thing. This following the law in Arizona recently that makes it a crime to be in the state illegally and allows the police to question those they suspect of being illegal. Legal scholars say this is clearly unconstitutional and note the 14th Amendment. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside".
(Source: "Politician wants limit on birthright citizens" by Michelle Price of The AP. In The Record on 6/16/10).
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