they were born in the united states, though. i mean so, you re saying you re missing the point. i don t want to argue this with you. the preeminent historian of civil war reconstruction was on last night from colombia university who says flat out you re wrong. well, i can read you the quotes. he can say i m wrong all day long. apparently he hasn t read it all. it s like eric holder. reading it apparently isn t an issue, apparently. let s read it, the constitution. it says those born and naturalized and for whom we have jurisdiction. right in the decision or the debate, senator howard made it clear. he said this does not apply to foreigners or aliens at all. i mean, good grief, this is abuse, tremendous abuse. let s move beyond the historical roland martin, why should children of illegal immigrants, people who came here illegally, why should they get citizenship? doesn t that reward their illegal behavior by coming here?
be changed or if, in fact is the framers intent the number one be all and end all, or if the framers intended something different than you think, can you still make the architect that the 14th amendment should change? people should go back and read what the founders intended when they start saying what the founders intended. it s pretty clear. in the debate senator howard made it clear. secondly, you don t need to change the constitution. all it takes is clarification. it was honored that way for the first many years after that. it wasn t until later that you re saying that the kim arc decision. you re saying the interpretation of what the founders wanted is paramount? that if you are wrong, you wouldn t no, no, no. anderson, listen to me. first of all, it s not my interpretation. i m reading what senator howard said on the floor. and the fact is, it was intended, naturalized born and for those who we had jurisdiction. complete jurisdiction. that s why the indians we
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historical argument. roland martin, why should children of illegal immigrants, people who came here illegally, why should they get citizenship? doesn t that reward their illegal behavior by coming here? at the end of the day, it is the law of the land. it is in the constitution. no. we can all take issue with the constitution. there are people right now who disagree with the constitution that anybody can own any number of guns, there should be no kind of gun control whatsoever but the supreme court has ruled anderson, here is the reality. that is, this is the kind of band-aid approach to the immigration problem that we have. this is a side show, okay? in golf it s called the silly season. this is the silly season. the problem we have is that democrats and republicans refuse to step up, truly confront the immigration issue. even if you change this first and foremost, it has to get through congress. then it must be ratified by various states.
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