Lindsey Graham: “We should change our Constitution and say if you come here illegally…”

On the recordAugust 9, 2010

We should change our Constitution and say if you come here illegally and you have a child, that child's automatically not a citizen.

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Republican · South Carolina

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Senator Graham advocates for changing the Constitution regarding citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants.

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