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Dick Durbin: “To reinterpret the Fourteenth Amendment—ratified to ensure that no one born on this soil could ever be defined as less…”

On the recordJune 26, 2026
To reinterpret the Fourteenth Amendment—ratified to ensure that no one born on this soil could ever be defined as less than fully American.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement during Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing

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