Another blind sow, another acorn: Lindsey Grahamnesty wants to end automatic citizenship for children of illegals
South Carolina RINO Lindsey Graham must be reading the polls. He’s gone from amnesty advocate to a startling new position.
South Carolina RINO Lindsey Graham must be reading the polls. He’s gone from amnesty advocate to a startling new position.
Politico.com has the tale of a political turn-around:
Lindsey Graham reacts to polls that show overwhelming opposition to his former position on illegal aliens
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) announced Wednesday night that he is considering introducing a constitutional amendment that would change existing law to no longer grant citizenship to the children of immigrants born in the United States.
Currently, the 14th Amendment grants citizenship to any child born within the United States.
That interpretation is a relatively recent political phenomenon and whether it’s correct will eventually be addressed by the cours, but let’s not get into that argument at this point:
But with 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States, Graham said it may be time to restrict the ability of immigrants to have children who become citizens just because they are born within the country.
“I may introduce a constitutional amendment that changes the rules if you have a child here,” Graham said during an interview with Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren. “Birthright citizenship I think is a mistake, that we should change our Constitution and say if you come here illegally and you have a child, that child’s automatically not a citizen.”
Get the smelling salts. We think we’re about to pass out:
“I’m a practical guy, but when you go forward, I don’t want 20 million more 20 years from now,” he said. “I want to be fair. I want to be humane. We need immigration policy, but it should be on our terms, not someone else’s. I don’t know how to fix it all. But I do know what makes people mad, that 12 million people came here and there seems to be no system to deal with stopping 20 million 20 years from now.”
He may introduce a constitutional amendment. Pardon us for doubting Graham’s sincerity, but if we read between the lines, this seems like a bone he’s throwing to anti-illegal alien activists so he can continue pushing for amnesty.
But let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and say, “Way to go, Senator Graham. We heartily applaud your conversion to reality.”
Now if he would just come out of the closet and admit his unrequited man love for John McCain, all would be right with the world.
