Dramatic departure': Republicans challenge birthright citizenship for babies of illegal immigrants

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Senate Republicans sought to add heft Tuesday to President Trump's argument that the Constitution doesn't -- and shouldn't -- require birthright citizenship, saying the great grant of American status shouldn't be reduced to a legal "loophole" of birth.

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Dramatic departure': Republicans challenge birthright citizenship for babies of illegal immigrants
The Washington Times stories: Politics

Dramatic departure': Republicans challenge birthright citizenship for babies of illegal immigrants

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Senate Republicans sought to add heft Tuesday to President Trump's argument that the Constitution doesn't -- and shouldn't -- require birthright citizenship, saying the great grant of American status shouldn't be reduced to a legal "loophole" of birth.