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hfojvt

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13. I support a new amendment to cancel that part

Reply to Mariana (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 28, 2016, 03:24 PM

Mar 2016

also, I am not sure if that was the intention as I thought that amendment was written to grant citizenship to former slaves, and not to tourist babies.

But in 1865 with a population of 50,000,000 perhaps it seemed like we would always have room to spare.

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"Anchor babies� are a myth. Here are the real reasons women like me give birth in the US. [View all] LiberalArkie Mar 2016 OP

Great article. For Republicans the problem isn't the anchor, it's the color. forest444 Mar 2016 #1

Anchor babies aren't a myth TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2016 #2

yea it's an industry in china - this woman thinks she speaks for everyone saturnsring Mar 2016 #4

Hmmm 2naSalit Mar 2016 #7

accidentally got pregnant and her term was just several months LOL snooper2 Mar 2016 #3

A couple of weeks later, I accidentally got pregnant. Several months after, I went into labor at Mem saturnsring Mar 2016 #5

Anchor babies? Oh! You mean American citizens! (n/t) Iggo Mar 2016 #6

I still think it is ridiculous to make such children citizens hfojvt Mar 2016 #8

I agree, but the Constitution is very clear on this point. Mariana Mar 2016 #12

I support a new amendment to cancel that part hfojvt Mar 2016 #13

Whatever the intention may or may not have been Mariana Mar 2016 #14

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Accidentally got pregnant AngryAmish Mar 2016 #10

The issue is far more complicated than one anecdote Major Nikon Mar 2016 #11