You look at the original intent of the Constitution and the founders and what they were doing, of course, they were facing a very different set of circumstances than we're facing now. We know that it's [birthright citizenship] been abused in recent years because people have literally just come over the border just to have a baby. so that they can, you know, avail themselves of the social welfare system of America. As I mentioned earlier, we're the most benevolent nation in the history of the world. (39:58–40:04)
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