Title: TRUMP KICKING RINO ASS ON ANCHOR BABY CRISIS - GOP AMNESTY LURKERS SPLIT ON WHAT TO DO Source:
[None] URL Source:http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201 ... -gop-field-legal/?intcmp=hpbt1 Published:Aug 22, 2015 Author:By Joseph Weber Post Date:2015-08-22 19:12:13 by HAPPY2BME-4UM Keywords:DONALD TRUMP, 2016, ANCHOR BABY, AMNESTY Views:394 Comments:20
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants has refueled the immigration debate and spilt the GOP field and legal experts who question whether such a change is possible.
Trump’s plan goes after the 14th amendment, which grants citizenship to essentially anybody born in the United States. But he is particularly focused on stopping pregnant women from illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border for the purpose of having a child or an “anchor baby,” which reduces the likelihood of the parents being deported.
Trump announced his plan Sunday, calling the amendment the country’s “biggest magnet for illegal immigration.” And he continues to suggest that his lawyers think the amendment might not withstand a court challenge.
“I was right,” Trump, the billionaire businessman and top GOP candidate, said Friday night at a rally in Alabama. “You can do something, quickly.”
However, other candidates and legal experts are split on the issue.
“Trump thinks ‘our country is going to hell.’ Well, there is likely little more than a chance in hell that we are going to amend the Constitution,” Jessica Levinson, a law professor at Loyola University of Los Angeles, said Wednesday. “Amending the Constitution is one of the most serious things that lawmakers can do. Therefore the path to doing it is rightfully arduous. I would put the chances … as beyond a longshot."