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Steve King: “I would suggest one thing: We have, for the last 40 or 50 years, adopted the notion by piecemeal and by osmosis almost…”

On the recordApril 28, 2015
I would suggest one thing: We have, for the last 40 or 50 years, adopted the notion by piecemeal and by osmosis almost that mere birth on U.S. soil is enough.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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King critiques the reliance on birthright citizenship over the past decades.

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