07/20/2009
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"I don't think I'm hearing an argument as to why it would be a good idea to grant automatic citizenship to any baby that could be born in the United States to any mother who could find a way to get int..."
"the fundamental break we made with that idea in the Declaration of Independence is we form a body politic by mutual consent."
"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."
"So the illegal parents, are they going to decide, or are we going to decide as representatives of the people of the United States of America?"