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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman @ChuckGrassley issued the following statement on reports that President Trump plans to eliminate birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants. judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/rele…
“The United States welcomes immigrants from all over the world who pursue the legal options available to them to seek permanent residence or citizenship in our country.” 1/3
“Birthright citizenship for the children of permanent resident immigrants under the Fourteenth Amendment is settled law, as decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Wong Kim Ark.” 2/3
“There is a debate among legal scholars about whether that right extends to the children of illegal immigrants. I will closely review President Trump’s executive order. As a general matter, this is an issue that Congress should take the lead to carefully consider and debate.” 3/3
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“As to the hopes and dreams for this committee – to get as much done as possible and to fight when we have to over things that matter to the public."

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NEW: Chairman @ChuckGrassley releases 414-page report on the allegations made against Justice Kavanaugh during the confirmation ptocess.

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Today, Chairman @ChuckGrassley referred Judy Munro-Leighton to @TheJusticeDept for investigation for making materially false statements to the Committee during the course of its investigation. judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
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Trump called birthright citizenship a "crazy policy." Honestly, I'm ok with that (though I disagree). There's nothing wrong with policy disagreements, even constitutional ones, espeically policies that vary widely in the OECD world. Lots of fine democracies lack birthright. 1/
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Levin and Horowitz: Yes, Trump can end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants with an executive order.
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“Let’s put this in plain English here,” Horowitz said. “Basically they’re saying, Mark, I could break into your home, kick down the door, drop a kid there, and he has the right to live there for the remainder of his life and there’s not a darn thing you can do about it.”
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The Supreme Court has never ruled on the issue of whether birthright citizenship applies to children born of illegal immigrants in the United States.

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This is a case of ‘first impression’ and I support President @realDonaldTrump's efforts to have the Court review this matter.
@realDonaldTrump I will be introducing legislation to deal with the issue of birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants -- in a prospective manner -- as I have always contended it has become a magnet for illegal immigration in modern times.
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