Apr/29
2010
2010
The San Diego-area Republican congressman [Duncan Hunter] spoke Saturday at a video recorded tea party rally in Ramona. Hunter was asked by someone in the crowd if he backed deporting natural-born American citizens who are the children of illegal immigrants.
''I would have to, yes,'' Hunter said.
Hunter said in the video that some of his critics believe his stance is mean-spirited.
''And we're not being mean. We're just saying it takes more than walking across the border to become an American citizen,'' he said. ''It's what's in our souls.''(AP)
Would that mean only American Indians are entitled to citizenship? Or wouldn't they count either since they probably walked here over the land-bridge from Russia all those eons ago?
Taken to the literal extreme Hunter just managed to exclude *everyone*, including himself - because somewhere in his family tree are immigrants who came here just like those he wants to exclude.
And as to what's in his soul? I dunno, somehow one IOU looks pretty much like another.
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Comment from: fallout11 [Visitor]
Ah, but his immigrant parents came here "legally" (Ellis Island and all that).
Our federal government was charged with only a handful of powers and duties by the US Constitution, all others being reserved for the states themselves (Amendment X), one of them being principly "To establish a uniform rule of naturalization" (Article 1, Section 8). Over the last 200 years the fedgov has taken it upon itself to ursurp most of these formerly reserved for the states powers, but yet continues to fail to uphold and enforce that which it was specifically charged with. Odd, that.
Our federal government was charged with only a handful of powers and duties by the US Constitution, all others being reserved for the states themselves (Amendment X), one of them being principly "To establish a uniform rule of naturalization" (Article 1, Section 8). Over the last 200 years the fedgov has taken it upon itself to ursurp most of these formerly reserved for the states powers, but yet continues to fail to uphold and enforce that which it was specifically charged with. Odd, that.
04/30/10 @ 10:48
Comment from: u235 [Member] 
Hmmm, ok yes that is a critical difference. Good point.
04/30/10 @ 11:01
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