
Sheriffs from all over the United States attended a border summit in McAllen, Texas. Pro-illegal immigration groups like the Center for New Community (CNC) are criticizing sheriffs in the U.S. for attending this and other summits. CNC is keeping track of these seminars by flagging these meetings on a map on their website.
by Lana Shadwick2 Nov 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated that ending birthright citizenship “probably doesn’t even need” an act of Congress at Wednesday’s primetime debate on CNN. Trump said, “First of all, the 14th Amendment says very, very clearly to a lot of
by Ian Hanchett16 Sep 2015, 7:39 PM PST0

Debates still rage on whether the children of illegal aliens are entitled to birthright citizenship, and Fox News now has two of their prominent legal personalities coming down on opposite sides.
by Ken Klukowski6 Sep 2015, 5:43 PM PST0

Illegal aliens can now claim Second Amendment rights to own guns in violation of federal law, according to a federal appeals court
by Ken Klukowski30 Aug 2015, 12:26 PM PST0

In a highly partisan and divisive speech before the Democrat National Committee Friday, Democrat presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton promised to do something that should sound familiar to anyone who has been watching the presidential race lately: she promised to amend
by John Nolte28 Aug 2015, 11:35 AM PST0

Advocates of birthright citizenship are finally getting their act together, moving away from commentators who are manifestly clueless on the legal arguments for and against the proposition that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees citizenship to every child born in America, shifting their focus to lawyers and scholars who have seriously studied this issue and can give a serious defense of birthright citizenship—a serious defense that, nonetheless, is wrong.
by Ken Klukowski27 Aug 2015, 7:03 AM PST0

Saying he was “sick of political correctness gone amuck,” an Oklahoma state representative posted the words “anchor baby” to his Facebook page 32 times in a row in order to make a statement.
by Warner Todd Huston25 Aug 2015, 8:05 PM PST0

One out of about every twelve newborns in the United States is an anchor baby, or the U.S.-born child of illegal migrants, according to a Pew Research Center study.
by Julia Hahn25 Aug 2015, 3:54 PM PST0

Conservative Republicans have been saying for years that the Constitution only guarantees birthright citizenship to some children born in this country, not to all. In an unlikely turn of events, the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause has emerged from the halls of the law-geeks to come front-and-center in the national dialogue.
by Ken Klukowski25 Aug 2015, 5:51 AM PST0

Myths about birthright citizenship—promoted by liberals, embraced by establishment Republicans, and repeated by mainstream media pundits without critical examination—have been debunked by experts spanning the political spectrum. But none of those people are being given A-list treatment by major media
by Ken Klukowski23 Aug 2015, 7:23 AM PST0

CNBC Contributor Ron Insana stated that he was saddened over the fact that the debate over birthright citizenship is “getting down to who has the right to be an American” on Saturday’s “Up with Steve Kornacki” on MSNBC. After seeing
by Ian Hanchett22 Aug 2015, 11:34 AM PST0

Jamal Greene, Vice Dean at Columbia Law School remarked that conservatives usually “never” want to change the Constitution, except “when it comes to the 14th Amendment, and a provision of the Constitution that’s actually expanding rights to people of color”
by Ian Hanchett22 Aug 2015, 11:32 AM PST0

David Rivkin, who served as an attorney in the administration of Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush and John Yoo, a Law Professor at UC Berkeley who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and served deputy assistant attorney general in the
by Ian Hanchett22 Aug 2015, 10:05 AM PST0

Wisconsin Governor and Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker said he’s “not taking a position…one way or the other” on birthright citizenship, and all other issues pertaining to immigration can’t be addressed “until you actually secure the borders and enforce the
by Ian Hanchett21 Aug 2015, 11:30 AM PST0

Most arguments for birthright citizenship pushed by the political left and many establishment Republicans are baseless. For those who do try to make a legal argument, the strongest one is based upon two Supreme Court precedents, which were wrongly decided and should be overruled.
by Ken Klukowski20 Aug 2015, 6:55 PM PST0

On NewsMax TV’s “Prime” earlier this week, Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz took on the current ongoing argument about the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship, which has been raised in recent days over Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump and his immigration
by Jeff Poor20 Aug 2015, 6:00 PM PST0

Florida Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio stated that he disagrees with fellow candidate Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan because “America is a great country. The issue is, we could be even greater” on Thursday’s “O’Reilly Factor”
by Ian Hanchett20 Aug 2015, 5:59 PM PST0

GOP presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum spoke at the National Press Club on Thursday in Washington, D.C., telling the audience that in America no one is above the law, “including presidents, judges, and, yes, immigrants.”
by Alex Swoyer20 Aug 2015, 5:23 PM PST0

Florida Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio said that he’s “not in favor of repealing the 14th Amendment” because birthright citizenship is one of the things that makes America exceptional, but that people coming to the US to have
by Ian Hanchett20 Aug 2015, 1:20 PM PST0

Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh argued that “The 14th Amendment says nothing about birthright citizenship” on Thursday. Rush said, “The 14th Amendment says nothing about birthright citizenship. It just doesn’t. As I say, Brother Levin made the point exquisitely last
by Ian Hanchett20 Aug 2015, 12:21 PM PST0

While the left has attacked the idea of ending birthright citizenship in the U.S. as “extreme,” globally the U.S. is one of few countries that actually grant automatic citizenship at birth to illegal immigrants.
by Caroline May20 Aug 2015, 9:04 AM PST0

Politico’s Seung Min Kim describes Donald Trump’s immigration proposal to end birthright citizenship as “a new litmus test on the right.”
by Breitbart News19 Aug 2015, 11:26 PM PST0

Talk radio host and author of “Plunder and Deceit,” Mark Levin said that the 14th Amendment does not require birthright citizenship on Wednesday. Host Sean Hannity stated, “Rand Paul was right on this, Trump was right on this, Cruz is
by Ian Hanchett19 Aug 2015, 9:39 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated of a battle over ending birthright citizenship via legislation “I believe you can win it legally” and that when it comes to illegal immigrants working in the US, “I want them to go out.
by Ian Hanchett19 Aug 2015, 8:15 PM PST0

Fox News Channel “Fox & Friends” co-host Steve Doocy said that lawyers he has conversed with say GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is correct that the 14th Amendment does not require birthright citizenship on Wednesday. Doocy, after playing GOP presidential
by Breitbart TV19 Aug 2015, 2:40 PM PST0