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Donald Trump is sending the immigration debate reeling to the right – and taking the crowded GOP presidential pack along with him – even going as far as calling to change the U.S. constitution in order to combat illegal immigration, a policy prescription previously championed only by the most anti-immigrant firebrands in the Republican Party.
Now the idea is going mainstream.
Calls to end so-called “birthright citizenship” blew up within hours after Trump released his first detailed policy proposal since spouting blanketed accusations about drug dealers and rapists coming to the U.S. from Mexico. Candidates who had previously supported banning automatic citizenship to any person born in the U.S. clamored to prove they came up with the idea first. Others are now being pressed to publicly address an issue traditionally left in the fringe.
Read more http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/gop-candidates-rethinking-constitution-end-birthright-citizenship
Now the idea is going mainstream.
Calls to end so-called “birthright citizenship” blew up within hours after Trump released his first detailed policy proposal since spouting blanketed accusations about drug dealers and rapists coming to the U.S. from Mexico. Candidates who had previously supported banning automatic citizenship to any person born in the U.S. clamored to prove they came up with the idea first. Others are now being pressed to publicly address an issue traditionally left in the fringe.
Read more http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/gop-candidates-rethinking-constitution-end-birthright-citizenship
