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Is Immigration Reform The Logic Behind Lindsey Graham’s 14th Amendment Madness?


The Wonk Room

By Jim Campbell

Two questions, does this guy seem like he is playing with a full deck of cards?

Will the voters of the great state of South Carolina dump his sorry RINO but in 2014?

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it, I’m J.C.

Immigration advocates and anti-immigrant zealots alike have been scratching their heads ever since Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) went from working with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on crafting an immigration reform bill to walking away from negotiations and suggesting that the 14th amendment should be amended to deny the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants from automatically becoming citizens upon birth.

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 In an interview with Politico on who might be the “Republican standard-bearer for immigration reform” after the fall elections, GOP political consultant Ana Navarro suggests that there could be a method to Graham’s 14th amendment madness:

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