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Russell Pearce: It is a crime to enter this country illegally. It is a crime to remain in this country. Yet you provide for the greatest…

On the recordAugust 5, 2010
It is a crime to enter this country illegally. It is a crime to remain in this country. Yet you provide for the greatest inducement available, an unconstitutional declaration of citizenship to those born to non-citizens.
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Russell Pearce

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Pearce asserts that the current interpretation of the 14th Amendment incentivizes illegal immigration and calls for its revision.

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