"How do we get the constitutional question answered?"
"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?"
"I believe, are uttering an ungrounded statement in that that clause, that troublesome clause of 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof' defined it differently for clear reasons."
"This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners or aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the Uni..."
"I think your responses have been very well done and on point here today."
"I will just say our policy reunites them in their home country."
"I find it ironic that just a year and half ago, December 2013, when Judge Hanen wrote an opinion that there was a coyote who had smuggled a 10 year-old girl into the United States."
"I agree with that but if they are giving permits for Guatemalans to have 72 hours as long as they are in transit to McAllen Texas, I don't call that cooperating with our policy."