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The 14th Amendment, Citizenship and the Children of Illegal Immigrants
The 14th Amendment was enacted during Reconstruction after the Civil War, by a Congress dominated by Republicans. Is it time for a change to prevent the children of illegal immigrants from becoming citizens of the United States? Also, the US and South Korea engage in war games, and General Petraeus begins a public relations campaign.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThe 14th Amendment was enacted during Reconstruction after the Civil War, by a Congress dominated by Republicans. Is it time for a change to prevent the children of illegal immigrants from becoming citizens of the United States? Also, the US and South Korea engage in war games, and General Petraeus and American withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Banner image: Juliana Ambrosio from Brazil holds her 14-day-old daughter Raquel after taking the oath during a naturalization ceremony June 4, 2010 at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services offices of the Federal Building in New York. Photo: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images
