GOP Congressman Wants To Deport ‘Anchor Babies’

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2010, file photo, Rep.-elect Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., talks with the media on Capitol Hill in Washington during Congressional freshmen orientation. Hard-charging Republicans who rallied voters... FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2010, file photo, Rep.-elect Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., talks with the media on Capitol Hill in Washington during Congressional freshmen orientation. Hard-charging Republicans who rallied voters last year with cries of stop the spending, ban the earmarks are quietly offering a more familiar Washington refrain now they’re in Congress - not in my back yard. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) MORE LESS
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Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS) on Monday said that he would support deporting “anchor babies,” children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States, according to the Clarion-Ledger.

Such a move would require amending the Fourteenth Amendment, which grants citizenship to anyone born in the U.S.

Palazzo, speaking during a telephone town hall, also said that Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant should send National Guard troops to Texas to help secure the border.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has authorized the deployment of 1,000 members of the National Guard to the border to address the influx of undocumented immigrants crossing the southern border, a move questioned by multiple border authorities.

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  1. So much for that whole swearing to uphold the Constitution thing.

  2. I guess my mom will have to go. Her parents were from Canada. Bye mom. Dress warm.

  3. It’ll be like con air, but with rows and rows of cribs.

  4. Some of my distant relatives were here before this was a country, so why don’t you pack your shit and GTFO? You weren’t invited either.

  5. Avatar for marby marby says:

    and it’s a three-way tie! Steven King, Bob Fitzsimmonds and Steven Palazzo share the prize for “stupid, offensive congressman of the day.”

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