Lamar Smith actually said...

I think to allow the birth citizenship--by the way, I don't think we ought to say birthright. I don't think it's a right. It think it's just automatic birth citizenship. I think it defies logic and defies common sense.

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Smith argues against the concept of birthright citizenship, calling it illogical.

04/28/2015

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