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Steve King: “If we are to accept this newfound version of birthright citizenship... you can demand automatic citizenship, blows a…”

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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