Christie, however, dismissed Trump’s plan during an appearance on “Face the Nation”. Experts say that suggests a strident stance by other Republican candidates on the issue would find favor with many GOP caucus-goers and primary voters. This is not a politically calculated flip-flop; it’s a politically cowardly nonanswer.
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“The argument is that Trump is defining what the extremist position is”, said Bruce Haynes, president of Washington-based Purple Strategies.
Most Americans want to shore up our southern border, too, but The Donald would make Mexico pay for it no matter where those illegal immigrants might have come from-Guatemala, say, or Honduras-or, like most illegals, they may have just overstayed their visas instead of sneaking across the Rio Grande.
The reversal, like Jeb Bush’s multiple positions on Iraq voiced in a single week this spring, produced much derision, but I have sympathy for Walker: The same would happen to anybody who tried to overtake Trump on the right.
“He’s pretty low key”, Mussara said, “and, of course, Trump is completely different”. Many other countries confer citizenship on the basis of bloodlines, which makes sense when nationality is viewed in terms of ancestry or race or ethnicity.
Like many GOP candidates, Walker has long said that the United States needs to secure its southern border.
Birthright citizenship isn’t just an American political and legal issue. In response to Trump’s proposed policy, tech giant Microsoft said that: “Restrictive skilled-immigration policy that fails to reflect the demands of the modern economy is costing U.S.jobs“.
“Now, what I said was: If we wanted to have comprehensive immigration reform, I’d be willing to listen to anything”, the governor said.
Walker’s abrupt evolution on the issue began in March, as he began preparing a presidential run.
Another outsider candidate – retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson – did not shoot down the idea of joining Trump as his running mate during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union.
“He stopped a lot of work because he didn’t want to raise taxes”.
Ever since he announced his candidacy for president in June, Donald Trump has been setting the agenda for the rest of the field. Rand Paul of Kentucky at various times has supported both a constitutional amendment and a statute to accomplish that objective.
Monday night: Throughout a marketing campaign cease at a Maid-Ceremony restaurant in Webster Metropolis, Iowa, Walker won’t say the place he stands on birthright citizenship.
“Yeah, absolutely, going forward”, Walker responded.
“Yeah, to me it’s about enforcing the laws in this country“, Walker said, nodding. A Tuesday statement to the State Journal from Walker’s spokeswoman, AshLee Strong, appeared to distance Walker from his remarks a day earlier.
Baluarte warns that ending birthright citizenship would be a disaster.
“My point is any discussion that goes beyond securing the border and enforcing laws are things that should be a red flag to voters out there who for years have heard lip service from politicians and are understandably angry”, he added.
Take UC Berkeley law professor John Yoo, who puts it bluntly: “Section One of the 14th Amendment states: ‘All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.’ The constitutional text flatly states that children born in the U.S. are citizens, without reference to whether their parents are aliens or not”.
In general, birthright citizenship is common among Western Hemisphere countries and uncommon in other parts of the world.
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said enforcing existing immigration laws would solve the problem without having to amend the Constitution, a process he said would take years to accomplish.
