Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens, according to his top immigration surrogate — a radical step no other major presidential candidate has embraced.
Mr. Huckabee, who won last week's Republican Iowa caucuses, promised Minuteman Project founder James Gilchrist that he would force a test case to the Supreme Court to challenge birthright citizenship, and would push Congress to pass a 28th Amendment to the Constitution to remove any doubt.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Huckabee Goes LCD
Via Andrew Sullivan, Huckabee caves to the right on immigration and now shows what a tough-guy asshole he can also be to immigrant children.
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This one kind of frightens me because of the ramifications of proving citizenship all the way across the board. I can envision revoking citizenship to those who have been here for years or expanding this to encompass situations I can't even imagine. I don't like it.
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