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The Anti-Birthright-Citizenship Brigade
Enter John Eastman and Lino Graglia, two conservative constitutional scholars offering the Republican candidates a third option: an alternative history of the 14th Amendment. In their telling, the amendment was never intended to grant citizenship to the children of undocumented people. In other words, Trump and those who agree with him are not calling to repeal the 14th Amendment. They are calling to restore it.
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If the children of undocumented immigrants are not "under the jurisdiction" of the United States, does that mean they're above the law? If they get caught speeding, can they claim that speed limits don't apply to them?
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