Senate candidate Rand Paul (R-KY), in an interview this week with Right Wing News, doubled down on his assertion that the children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States should not be citizens.Which is funny, because the courts determined that over a hundred years ago in a case involving a Chinese immigrant. But Rand wants the courts (presumably led by unaccountable, unelected activist judges) to re-fight the civil rights and Fourteenth Amendment battles all over again, mainly because Rand and his buddies didn't like the outcome, and that outcome is making it politically more difficult on Republicans in the future due to America's changing racial demographics.
In the new interview, Paul said he believes the courts should review whether the Fourteenth Amendment actually grants citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants. And if they decide it does, he said, we should amend the Constitution.
"I also think that we need to have the courts review whether or not -- if you break the law to come into the U.S. -- whether your child would be a citizen just by being born here," he said. "The Fourteenth Amendment actually says that you will be a citizen as long as you are under the jurisdiction of the United States. Many argue that these children that are born to illegal aliens are really still under the jurisdiction of the Mexican government. I think we need to fight that out in the courts."
Let's not kid ourselves here. This has nothing to do with the law, and everything to do with Republicans being terrified of the Great Brown Horde taking over America. Any time you hear a Republican wanting to change the Constitution to "preserve our culture" it means "I want to take economic, social, and political power away from groups that do not vote for us because we demonize them."
Why would the Randroid be any different? He's just another Southern Republican, folks.
over a hundred years ago
ReplyDeleteSo a century old precedent shouldn't possibly be reviewed? I'm sure at that same point in our nation's history we had 11 million or more illegals here. You love social programs because it's us being compassionate and taking care of our citizens, do you also think illegals should be able to take advantage of this?
Based on your opinion of the Arizona immigration bill I'm guessing that you do. So we should have millions upon millions of illegals taking advantage of our compassion?
"Let's not kid ourselves here. This has nothing to do with the law, and everything to do with Republicans being terrified of the Great Brown Horde taking over America. Any time you hear a Republican wanting to change the Constitution to "preserve our culture" it means "I want to take economic, social, and political power away from groups that do not vote for us because we demonize them."
Why should this have any impact on the decision? By our laws illegals can't vote. Unless they are breaking that law too, which would be more the reason to get them out.
obviously they're not taking advantage of your compassion,
ReplyDeleteschmucko. 9 am and you've already vomited up a bunch of tripe here. man, is this blog your friggin' homepage?
Z posts something, you post something in opposition almost as a reflex. how exactly are you so much better than everybody else again? oh right! you're a libertarian. you don't have those stupid partisan blinders on. so disappointed that i couldn't find you contributing any of your wonderful "contrarian" thoughts to the circle-jerks going on over at reason. oh, i guess it's ok when libertarians do it because you're all right about everything! ho ho ho, keep kiddin' yourself, jerk-ass.
So you've made your profile and blog private, and now have a new gmail account to post from.
ReplyDeleteI haven't gotten to you at all have I?
Also again you add absolutely nothing to the subject at hand, can't offer a decent argument to the contrary. You fail t-man, and now are coming off as a desperate and sad.