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August 10, 2010
Glad to see that some former Bush Administration officials, as well as Michael Gerson, are pushing back against the Nativists in their party who have suggested re-writing the Fourteenth Amendment to deny citizenship to children born of undocumented parents.
“The 14th Amendment is a great legacy of the Republican party,” Mark McKinnon told Politico. “It is a shame and an embarrassment that the GOP now wants to amend it for starkly political reasons.” Let’s hope some elected officials – and perhaps former President Bush himself – jump up and second McKinnon’s sentiments.
