Rand Paul Endorses Obviously Unconstitutional Plan To End Birthright Citizenship

Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul is best known for radical anti-government views that lead him to oppose the federal ban on whites-only lunch counters, while claiming that governmental criticism of BP is “un-American.” Yet Paul’s hatred of all things government appears to end at the border. In an interview with a Russian television station, Paul calls for expansive levels of surveillance and unconstitutional attacks on Americans’ citizenship:

I recently have been talking more about satellite observation. They say you can sit in front of the store here and a satellite can read the headline on your newspaper. So I think you could also monitor your border with satellites, and then you just have to have some means of intercepting people who come in illegally. You could have helicopters stations positioned every couple of hundred miles. . .

We’re the only country I know of that allows people to come in illegally have a baby and then that baby becomes a citizen. And I think that should stop also.

It’s a bit amusing to see a self-described libertarian call for satellite-directed helicopter brigades to sweep down upon anyone who wanders too close to America’s southern border. It is not clear why Paul insists upon using wildly-expensive spy satellites to monitor the border when cheaper technology exists. But Paul’s call to end birthright citizenship, however, is by far the most radical aspect of his immigration plan because it conflicts with the express language of the Constitution.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/28/paul-citizenship/



:crazy:

that gives birthright citizenship. My niece was in Japan when she gave birth to one of her children, & HE held dual citizenship.I don't know how many other countries are like that, but I know for sure Japan is. Rand really does have a problem with foot in mouth disease, hh?

Send him back to whatever planet his kind came from.

But all those DUers were saying he's not racist.

:shrug:

What evil pieces of shit pukes are! As are those who stand with them on this issue, except worse, they are supposed to know infinitely better.

What plausible claim do these folks think they have for citizenship? A migrant's child is just as much an American as some fuck descended from the Mayflower crossing and probably more since that migrant's people probably were in this land long before any Smiths or Adams.

If he weren't he wouldn't be pushing for policies like this.

But, as always, there will be someone trying to sugarcoat this proposal from the man as well.

he has to go around the world to find someone that will interview him without laughing?
Isn't Russia an enemy? Good lord this guy is making Palin seem normal.

We have 4th gen Latinos in my town, so, Rand, buddy, I think we need to go back at least 5 generations for citizenship.

What a maroon!