State Legislators Attempt to Turn Back Clock to Pre-Civil War Era, Attack Fundamental Constitutional Values

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, State Legislators for Legal Immigration (SLLI), a coalition of state legislators, revealed their plan to challenge the 14th Amendment and the Constitutional definition of citizenship. Claiming that they need to correct a "monumental misapplication of the 14th Amendment" and protect their states from the "illegal alien invasion," the legislators proposed model legislation intended to spark a new Supreme Court ruling to reinterpret the 14th Amendment.

The model legislation attempts to create a new definition of "state citizenship" and narrow the categories of people who would be citizens at birth: only children born to at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen, national, or legal permanent resident would be considered citizens. The bill would also create a "state compact" requiring states to issue two different types of birth certificates: one for those considered "natural-born U.S. citizens" and another singling out those whom the state does not consider a citizen.

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State Legislators Attempt to Turn Back Clock to Pre-Civil War Era, Attack Fundamental Constitutional Values

The following is a statement from Benjamin Johnson, Executive Director of the American Immigration ...

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