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On the recordMarch 21, 2007
that 273, that is the calculated number that one individual can bring in, and they might come in illegally and find the path to a legal lawful presence and then start the 273. When that chart was done, it was not really limited to 273 except space on the spreadsheet confined it to 273. The number could be 100 or more above that. And the size of the sibling unit, it might be 6 or 12. And if I remember right, the size of the unit for the chart was 3.1 siblings per family. A very conservative estimate. So we have the automatic citizenship plan, the anchor baby plan, and that will yield 350,000 babies born a year to illegal mothers but on U.S. soil. Some argue their constitutional right to citizenship. I will argue that they also have to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States when they are born. Therefore, it is a practice, not a constitutional right. But we have 350,000 new citizens that would not be citizens if we enforced our law on that. That is Nathan Deal's bill, another leader on immigration from Georgia. I certainly support that bill. But the family reunification, the chain migration, 273, and this usurps the kind of policy that the United States of America ought to have.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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Discussing immigration policy and the implications of citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants.

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