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On the recordApril 28, 2015
If we are to accept this newfound version of birthright citizenship... you can demand automatic citizenship, blows a hole through that notion of consent of the governed.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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King argues against automatic citizenship based on birthright, citing consent of the governed.

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