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Tell the GOP that We Can't Change the Constitution Just Because They Hate Brown Babies
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    1. Sen. John Cornyn (+ 16 others)
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      • Sen. John Cornyn (TX)
      • Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC)
      • Rep. Brian Bilbray (CA-50)
      • Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01)
      • Sen. John McCain (AZ)
      • Sen. Jon Kyl (AZ)
      • Sen. Chuck Grassley (IA)
      • Sen. Mitch McConnell (KY)
      • Rep. Duncan Hunter (CA-52)
      • Chief of Staff - Lindsey Graham (Richard Perry)
      • Legislative Director - Lindsey Graham (Jennifer Olson)
      • Chief of Staff - Jon Kyl (Tim Glazewski)
      • Chief of Staff - John McCain (Kim Dean)
      • Chief of Staff - Mitch McConell (Billy Piper)
      • Chief of Staff - Chuck Grassley (David Young)
      • Chief of Staff - John Cornyn (Beth Jafari)
      • PA Senator (Daryl Metcalfe)
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    Prerna Lal
    Washington, DC
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Why This Is Important

It's time to round 'em up and deport 'em all.

The Republican leadership has decided to give a platform to the anti-immigrant extremist factions of its party that call for a ban on birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants.

At a time when most Americans want a fair and humane solution to the immigration problem, the GOP would rather play dirty and divert attention from incremental measures on the table.

In just the past week, Republican Senators like Lindsey Graham, Jon Kyl, John McCain, Chuck Grassley, John Cornyn and even Senate Minority leader Mitch McConell have all given a thumbs-up to stripping American-born children of their citizenship as a way to control immigration.

Not only is this hateful as it risks creating a caste of unassimilated and disenfranchised American children and a cumbersome bureaucratic mess for all Americans who would need to prove the citizenship of their newborn, it does nothing to address the many ways in which the immigration system is broken. 

Just because Republicans lack the ability or are so full of hatred that they can't sit down and come up with a solution to a broken immigration system does not give them the right to use it as a wedge issue to toy with the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee of equal protection.

Tell the GOP that hating on brown children as a way to divert attention from real immigration reforms is deplorable. And to come up with some real solutions to our broken immigration system.

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Juan Crow is UnAmerican

Greetings,

I'm deeply disappointed to read that the GOP leadership in several states has been hijacked by the anti-immigrant extremist elements of its base and calling for a ban on birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants.

I can see that this is nothing more than a divisive tactic designed to score cheap political points while diverting attention away from passing incremental immigration reforms on the table, such as the DREAM Act and AgJOBs.

The proposal is a pipe-dream that would create a new class of American-born babies who are unauthorized to stay in this country and disenfranchised from the system. Not only that, but many would be rendered "stateless" since no other country would take them. Repealing birthright citizenship would also create a cumbersome bureaucracy for American citizens who have to prove the citizenship of their newborn.

This is not a solution for a broken immigration system that is out of touch with labor needs and separates families due to unbelievably long waiting times.

I am honestly worried about the future of the GOP, a party that once freed the slaves and fought hard for the equal protections guaranteed to our children by the Fourteenth Amendment. Only 15% of Hispanics identify as Republicans. Soon the number will dwindle to single digits. Given the changing face of the electorate, this assures the GOP -- and not Latinos -- will remain in the minority.

I urge you to rise to the challenge and work with Democrats on a real solution to our immigration system.

[Your name]