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Republicans Pushing to Change 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

By Mariela Rosario | 08/06/2010 - 08:00 | 0 Comments

Republicans have renewed the call to revise the 14th amendment of the constitution, which guarantees citizenship to anyone born in the United States. Though ratified 140 years ago and listed as one of the...

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Arizona Pushing for Legislation to Deny Babies Citizenship

By Mariela Rosario | 06/15/2010 - 10:00 | 1 Comment

A few months ago, we told you about a U.S. rep from San Diego who supported a ban that would keep natural-born U.S. children from receiving citizenship if their parents were undocumented. We figured this idea wouldn't, or couldn't, go very far considering...

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GOP Proposing Bill To Rescind Birthright Citizenship for Children Born to Undocumented Parents

By Mariela Rosario | 02/18/2010 - 17:00 | 9 Comments

Republican lawmakers recently introduced a bill that would take US citizenship away from babies born in the United States to undocumented immigrants. The concept of birthright citizenship is a fundamental tenet of the constitution of this country. But according to Rep. Gary Miller (R-Brea, CA), "You have many people coming to this country illegally. They...