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The Birthright Citizenship
Birthright citizenship The birthright citizens also know as 14th amendment was ratified on July 9, 186, it granted citizenship to “all person born or naturalized” in the United States. In recent news the topic of birthright citizenship has been a big debate in the GOP candidate race for president. Many candidates have made it know that they are against against birthright citizenship, someone of them our top GOP leader Donald Trump, and Ben Carson. Other candidates Like Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina have shown that they are for the citizenship. An example of how the basic rights has help a child born to illegal immigrations is Marco Rubio. He was born in Miami, FL to Cuban immigrants’ parents, who fled Cuba during Castro dictatorship in search
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