by Owen | 2126, 15 Oct 2323 | Politics | 1 Comment
Absolutely correct. There are dozens of Muslim countries and ALL of them are a helluva lot closer than we are. If they won’t accept them, why should we?
“I don’t know what Biden’s going to do, but we cannot accept people from Gaza into this country as refugees,” DeSantis told an audience of caucusgoers at an event here sponsored by the super PAC Never Back Down.
Onstage before the crowd of about 50 people in this rural town southwest of Des Moines, DeSantis said other Arab states should absorb the refugees. But delving deeper into his reasoning, he offered up a sweeping characterization of the fleeing Palestinians.
“If you look at how they behave, not all of them are Hamas, but they are all antisemitic. None of them believe in Israel’s right to exist,” he baselessly claimed.
In a detailed list of immigration objectives he released on Monday, DeSantis, who also spoke to supporters and reporters in the Texas border town of Eagle Pass, pledged to “take action to end the idea that the children of illegal aliens are entitled to birthright citizenship if they are born in the United States.”
I do think that the Constitution is clear on the matter and it would take a Constitutional amendment to remove birthright citizenship. The 14th Amendment begins:
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.
Seems clear to me. But the reason for the Amendment was to ensure that previously enslaved persons in the United States were given their full rights as citizens. Given that the need has passed, it is sensible to return our nation to our original stance on citizenship.