Cenk Uygur
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Ending Birthright Citizenship? Goodbye Rubio, Jindal,…
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August 22, 2015
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8:09Now PlayingMost of the current field of Republican candidates supports ending birthright citizenship. What would that look like in reality? There are many who would be deported, even some famous people. Even some politicians. Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz (Turner Classic Movies), John Iadarola (Think Tank), and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show Podcast), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down on tonight’s TYT Power Panel. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"The 14th Amendment guarantees that people born in the United States are automatically granted the right to be citizens of this country, regardless of whether their parents are also citizens.
But in recent days, many Republican presidential candidates have said it's time to revisit that privilege, which has been around since the country's founding...
"If it weren't for birthright citizenship, people could go back and say, 'We found out your great-grandparent arrived at Ellis Island under a different name, and therefore none of her descendants are citizens either,'" Dellinger added. "Birthright citizenship eliminates all of those questions.”
Here are some Americans who might not be Americans without birthright citizenship…”*
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